Getting Free Stuff

Mommy:Short story: Sarah got a free CD from the songwriter, Dave Kinnoin, at Bella Terra.  Long Story: At Bella Terra today, I was sitting on a chair under an awning at the back of the amphitheater to keep Poema out of the sun.  I was still on the grass where you were playing while I talked to some mommy friends. You saw people had papers with autographs from the musician. The next thing I knew you were waiting to get one. I could tell you were talking with him and as you slowly turned to walk away he was asking the people around him where your mother was. He asked alittle louder so I waved my hand and smiled, assuming he just wanted to make sure you were with an adult.
He was all packed up to leave and I noticed you had made your way over to talk to him again. He walked towards where I was now standing and said, "She's yours? Well . . . you're, you're going to have your hands full with this one." I asked him what you had been saying to him, trying to figure out what would make him react that way. He didn't give a clear answer and was just sort of shaking his head. He opened his bag and handed me a CD saying, "I don't usually give this CD to kids under 8-years-old but I think she can handle it." Then, he walked away as we thanked him.
I asked you what you were talking about with him and you said you couldn't remember . . .we will never know.  
The CD title is "Dunce Cap Kelly."  I don't know if we should use that as a clue to why he gave you the CD.  :-)

Spelling

Mommy:Tonight you informed me that my name ends with an "a" but the last sound of my name is "uh" (Lisa --- lee-ss-uh). You said my name needs to be spelled with a 'u" at the end, not an "a."  Oh, English phonics . . .  so silly.

Sarah's PJ's

Last night after Uncle Steve put you to bed you came out and said "I don't have PJ's on."  Mommy had told you that your clothes were soft enough to sleep in, but you know I have a drawer with spare clothes and PJ's.  As you were going through the drawer, there was a pair of PJ's that said "Daddy's Little Girl" on them.  You discarded them, saying "I'm Daddy's big girl.  These must be too small."     G-Momo

 

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One more thing...

"Do the 7 dwarfs give Snow White zerberts?"
 

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Stalling at Bedtime

        This evening at bedtime, after Guffaw read you "Grandpa Dropped His Glasses" and Uncle Steve helped you brush your teeth and say your prayer, you asked me for a 4 minute snuggle, "or maybe 5 minutes or maybe 9 minutes."  You told me about your office where you were working.  There are lots of books and a stairway to heaven.  If you go up the stairs you see Jesus holding a heart, not a pretend heart, a real heart from someone's chest.  Then Jesus and the heart go camping with Great Grandma Lavina, and you played hide and seek.  Great Grandma Lavina is very special to Jesus and to you, and you give her lots of kisses and hugs.

        Then you told me about your pretend family. When your mommy is busy, you have pretend mommy. I asked you if you had a 3 year and a baby, what would you do?  You said you would just play with the 3 year old.  You said you have a daughter, Growly, and you just play with her.  I knew you were stalling, but you were so entertaining it was hard to tear myself away.      G-Momo, August 24, 2011

 

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Precipice

DADDY: The other day we were at the park. You climbed up and stood near one of the openings and said, "I am standing on a precipice." A PRECIPICE!!! You learned that word from MAGIC TREEHOUSE #1 when Jack is on a cliff by the dinosaurs.

Mary Poppins

One of your favorite things to do at G-Momo's apartment is is go to the shelf of Disney movies and pick one for viewing.  That night you picked Mary Poppins, and, as usual, your question to me was "Are there scary parts?'  I explained that at the beginning of the movie the daddy was kind of mean, but Mary Poppins taught him to play with his kids.  That sounded okay to you, so we commenced watching.  When we got to the part where everyone got angry at Michael at the bank and the children ran away, you asked me what was coming next.  I told you that the daddy was going to be fired, and you responded "I'll go into my room and play cars for that part, and when it's over you can call me back in."  It occurred to me at that point that you didn't know what "fired" meant, so I asked you if you knew.  You said "no" and I explained that it meant that the daddy was going to lose his job.  You said, "Oh, okay, I can watch that." You danced along with "Step in Time" and after the movie was over I asked you what your favorite part was.  You said it was the part when the daddy lost his job and said "Super-cali--you know that long word".  Later when you told people about the movie you explained that "The daddy gets fired, but that just means he loses his job."   G-Momo

 

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Such a Dave Ramsey Child!

One "G-Momo and Sarah" morning, I picked you up from your home and we were riding in the car to my apartment to play with your cars.  You were explaining to me that we can't be going to Froggy's Jump House too often because that gets expensive.  We arrived at our destination, where Guffaw had left his bathroom fan running to circulate the air in his bathroom, and for some reason the dining room light was left on as well.  You're first words as we walked through the door were "Who is wasting electricity?"  You were outraged.  Mommy & Daddy are teaching you well.    G-Momo

 

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Directions (and Guffaw), part 2

Guffaw:
 
Ever since the night Poema was born and you complained I took the wrong route to G-Momo and Guffaw's house, you have been a little bit of a back seat driver.  Today, as we were driving to the mall you reminded me that if I went straight we would go to G-Momo and Guffaw's house, so it was okay to turn on Beach to go to the mall.  For fun, I put my navigational system on and told you my car talks to me and tells me which way to turn.  We chatted about the directions it gave me as we drove to the mall, with you sometimes asking me if I had heard that my car said to turn right or left.

As we were leaving the mall today I was supposed to take you to Nana & Papa's house.  You were spending the night there, since you were getting to go to Disneyland with them the next morning.  I again put my navigational system on and, to my surprise, the navigational system's voice told me to take a different route than I would normally take to get to Nana and Papa's house.  We were running a little late, so I decided to follow the navigational system's suggested route.  When you heard the car give me directions, you asked if we could have the car stop telling us how to go, and just talk, so I turned the navigational system off. 
 
We got involved in our talk about how God sees us everywhere and I was distracted and drove past the street Nana and Papa live on.  I realized it and turned at the next street that goes into their housing tract.  Sure enough, you recognized this was an unfamiliar street and asked:
 
"Is this Nana and Papa's street?"  
 
I sheepishly admitted it was not.  I told you I had turned on a different street and we were going back toward Nana and Papa's house.  You were much more tolerant of me taking a different route than you had been the night your sister was born.  You said:
 
"Oh, we're going on an adventure."
 
 

Candid Sarah: The Mall and Hiding from Parents - Think about that!

Guffaw:
 
It was Mommy & Daddy's date night tonight so you and your sister were being watched by G-Momo and Guffaw.  When I arrived we asked where you wanted to go tonight.  Usually we go to a park. Tonight you surprised us by saying you wanted Guffaw to take you to the playground at the mall.  Your mommy asked if you were wanting Guffaw to take you to the mall because Guffaw has money for the train ride at the mall.  You candidly said yes.
 
As we were driving to the Mall you said that your Daddy says that you should not bite your fingernails, especially when they have polish on them.  You also said your Mommy tells you not to bite your nails.  You then said: 

"Sometimes I hide from Mommy and Daddy and then I bite my nails."
 
After awhile, I asked you if you thought it was good for you to bite your nails when you were hiding from Mommy and Daddy.  You replied: 
 
"I'll have to think about that.  Sometimes I need to think about things."
 
Suppressing a laugh, I then asked if anyone else could see you when you were hiding from your Mommy and Daddy.  You said God could see you.  I then followed up by asking: Do you think God is sad if he sees you biting your nails when you are hiding from Mommy and Daddy? 
 
You paused for a moment and then said:
 
"Sometimes God isn't looking at us." 
 
This led to a nice chat where I explained that God is always with us and always sees us.  You then chimed in:
 
"Even when we are in the dark?"
 
I said yes, God sees you everywhere.  This led to a fun discussion of hard-to-see places where God still sees us.  I then told you that God wants you to obey your parents, so he will be sad if he sees you disobeying them by hiding and biting your nails. 
 
By the way, you got your train ride from Guffaw.

Flying Carpets

DADDY: We were at a ROCK Harbor BBQ, and some of your kid friends were looking at blimps and airplanes with advertising banners flying behind them. You said, "There's a flying carpet airplane!" Your language acquisition is so fun and clever. And you're totally right, it looks like a flying carpet.

The Fair

Mommy:  You just turned three.  We went to the fair.  You rode carnival rides.  The first ride you chose was a dragon roller coaster that went in a bumpy circle.  You rode it by yourself.  You were the first and maybe only person that raised both hands in the air during the ride.  Daddy and I had not talked about raising your hands, you just did it.
You also went on one of those super slides that is a tall bumpy slide.  You got the burlap bag and carried it all the way to the top by yourself and then you waited behind the pink slide and slid down.  I was so impressed.

I love your brave independence.

That's Old!

Mommy:  It was my birthday recently and you were discussing how old I was going to be.  I said that I was turning 30, to which you replied, "That's too old."  Thanks, honey.  :~)