Toddler Chat IV

it's alllll about the teamwork!

Oh the conversations going on around here these days! I WISH I had a little recorder on me all the time so I could remember all the gems they're tossing out lately.

A few weeks ago, Murray's parents were here & treated the girls to new outfits. The next Friday, when Mum was here, Sweetie had an accident in her new fancy skirt.

Mum: Oh Sweetie! What happened?

Sweetie: Honey was on the toilet & I had to pee and she wouldn't get off.

Mum: Well, you could have gone downstairs?

Sweetie: I didn't want to pee down there, I wanted to pee upstairs.

Mum: uh uh uh. What's Nanny going to say???

Honey: (finger to her lips) Shhh! Sweetie, don't tell Nanny!

Sweetie: (very solemnly) I won't Honey!

Mum: Well now Honey, that wasn't really the point!


Honey: wellllll.... what was the point anyway Grammie?



Tonight at supper we were having one of our many many alphabet discussions on what letters make what sounds, what does the letter b start with (this is how they ask) and Honey starts asking about "w".

Honey: what letter makes "wh" (make w sound here)

Murray: "w" says "wh"

Honey: no it doesn't

Murray: yes it does

Honey: nope. "y" says "wh"

Murray: no Honey, "y" says "ye"

Honey: no it doesn't

Murray: Honey!!! you don't know everything!

Honey (quickly & assuredly) yes I do!

at which point Murray & I both dissolved into laughter. Her confidence is unshakable, how can you argue with an almost 4 year old who already knows it all???

Sweetie made up a new song today & we've been singing it quite a bit. I've GOT to get some of these compositions on video & upload them to youtube. Typing them out just doesn't do them justice. Anway, Sweetie's newest release is short but catchy.

Climmmb UP the MOUNNNNtain,

Ruby-ruby-roooooooo

Climmmb UP the MOUNNNNtain,

Ruby-ruby-roooooooo

See? not nearly as cute as it is straight from them but we'll work on that.

Another family dinnertime favourite is:


Mum-ma likes mango!

Dad-dy likes mango!

Swee-tie likes mango!

Hon-ey likes mango!

(pause)

but Lovey doesn't.


Then Lovey decided she didn't like being left out and now enjoys her mango so we had to change her line to "loves mango" and add "but Murphy doesn't".


One week we were talking about how Grammie does nail polish for them every week & I was trying to point out how nice it was that she does that stuff.

Kelly: you're lucky girls that Grammie does your polish

Them: yeah!

Kelly: what if you didn't have a Grammie? what if there was NO Grammie????

Honey: WHAT if there was no POLISH???? (apparently an even worse situation!)

always good to know where you stand eh Grammie? ; )))

Today, while I was out, they decided they wanted Grammie to play "Sleigh" Who the heck plays SLEIGH???????? Mum wasn't too sure how this game went so went to check out the living room. They'd placed one kitchen chair in front of the loveseat and about 47 stuffed animals over in another part of the room. She asked for more clarification.

Mum: Is the chair the sleigh?

Them: No! You're the driver. We sit here (loveseat), this is the sleigh.

They then load up & the sleighdriver takes off. Everyone's sitting in their seats in total silence during the "ride".


Mum starts making some noises "chkka chk chkka chk"

Honey interrupts: GRAMMIE! You're NOT driving a train!!!

they continue on, sans sound effects.

Honey: Ok, we're here!

Lovey: Well... it was MY idea, so we're NOT.

5 seconds later...

Lovey: Ok! We're here!!!


and off they went, to the zoo.

Those are just a few of the things I can remember. There is so much more that totally cracks me up but I can't seem to keep track of them all.

We went for a walk tonight after supper and went all the way out to the main road, down the court & back home again. On the way back, just shortly after we crossed the busy road, back onto our street, the girls decided to race. Honey took off & just ran & ran. She kept going until 3 doors before our house! Murray was impressed. He thinks she can enter the kids' 1k race they have at some of the marathons.

still in the lead & almost home!