Driving home today, Laura was looking at a library book when she came across something so shocking that her poor 5 year old brain just couldn’t take it: someone had written in the book. Being the stickler for the rules that she is, Laura was appalled. APPALLED! She demanded that I turn around and read what had been written (perhaps in an attempt to track down the perp and dole out some justice). I informed her that sadly, I was driving, and could not turn around to look. In her most exasperated tone, she said, “Well, turn on your back eyes then!”
I’m afraid I had to decline.
Showing posts with label conversations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conversations. Show all posts
Monday, February 8, 2010
Friday, August 7, 2009
The Master Of Surprise
Please enjoy this short view of life at our house.
The cast: Laura, bug killer and master of stealth and surprise, one average fly, and me, the long-suffering mother.
The scene: The kitchen of our house
Mommy is preparing the healthy and nutritious Friday night meal (aka pizza). Laura is generally harassing her mother until she spots an errant fly.
Laura: Bug, come here! Come here bug! BUG!! I want to kill you, so come here! NOW!
Fly: Bzzzz
Laura: Bug, why won't you come here? I want to kill you! Hold still!
Fly: Bzzzz
Mommy: Laura, do you really think the fly will hold still so you can kill it? And don't I always tell you that bugs don't speak English?
Laura: Okay bug, I don't want to kill you. You can fly on the blinds! (whispers) Mommy, I am trying to trick that bug so I can kill it.
She begins walking around casually and then tries to sneak up on the fly, so she can kill it. With the Popsicle stick she is holding. The fly escapes, naturally.
Laura, much like Shatner in The Wrath of Khan: BUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGG!
Mommy: I need a drink.
And scene.
The cast: Laura, bug killer and master of stealth and surprise, one average fly, and me, the long-suffering mother.
The scene: The kitchen of our house
Mommy is preparing the healthy and nutritious Friday night meal (aka pizza). Laura is generally harassing her mother until she spots an errant fly.
Laura: Bug, come here! Come here bug! BUG!! I want to kill you, so come here! NOW!
Fly: Bzzzz
Laura: Bug, why won't you come here? I want to kill you! Hold still!
Fly: Bzzzz
Mommy: Laura, do you really think the fly will hold still so you can kill it? And don't I always tell you that bugs don't speak English?
Laura: Okay bug, I don't want to kill you. You can fly on the blinds! (whispers) Mommy, I am trying to trick that bug so I can kill it.
She begins walking around casually and then tries to sneak up on the fly, so she can kill it. With the Popsicle stick she is holding. The fly escapes, naturally.
Laura, much like Shatner in The Wrath of Khan: BUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGG!
Mommy: I need a drink.
And scene.
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Conversation At Snack Time
Me: Laura, stop eating the salt off those pretzels and then putting them back in the bowl.
Laure: But Mommy, the salt is so tasty. I want to eat them this way. First I eat the salt, then I eat the rest of the pretzel.
Me: But if you just ate it all at once, you'd have the salt ON the pretzel and it would taste fine. When you eat the salt first, you're left with a bland pretzel that doesn't taste very good.
Laura: But I don't want to eat it that way. The salt is yummy.
Me: But that doesn't make any sense.
Laura: Mommy, I don't know how I got this way. It just happened.
Laure: But Mommy, the salt is so tasty. I want to eat them this way. First I eat the salt, then I eat the rest of the pretzel.
Me: But if you just ate it all at once, you'd have the salt ON the pretzel and it would taste fine. When you eat the salt first, you're left with a bland pretzel that doesn't taste very good.
Laura: But I don't want to eat it that way. The salt is yummy.
Me: But that doesn't make any sense.
Laura: Mommy, I don't know how I got this way. It just happened.
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