Kaylinisms 8

The other day Kaylin had this microprone toy and she was conducting a little interview. I told her it was time to eat lunch. She proceeded to close out her interview by saying "I love you." then she looked at me and said "That's french for 'Bye'.

Kaylin doesn't like to be left out. She sees adults having conversations all around her and she wants to have her own. The other day she wanted me to sit down with her and talk. It went a little bit like this: She said "Mommy can you sit here with me? Let's have a conversation." "Okay, what would you like to talk about?" "Um. Let's talk about animals. What animals to you like?" (By the way - this is her favorite topic on conversation.) "I like cats." "Uh huh and what else?" "I like giraffes." "Did I feed the giraffes at the zoo?" "No, I don't think you wanted to at the time." "Oh, but I will next time." "Yes, I'm sure you will." "What animals do you like at SeaWorld?" "I like dolphins." "And Shamus?" "Yes, Shamu's too." She looked at me and said "We're having an animal conversation."

The conversation went on for a bit. We were talking about the animals at the zoo and it reminded me of the time when she was about two and we went to the San Diego Zoo. When we got to the elephants, one in particular decided it was time to --uh--poop. This left quite a lasting impression on her. For at least a year every time she saw a picture of an elephant she would comment. Usually saying "Elephants poop." So when we were having our animal conversation I asked her if she remembered the elephant going poop at the zoo. She did not but it leads me to another Kaylinism - she shook her head and said: "How embarass-ting."

Green Eggs

I think every mom should read "Green Eggs and Ham" to their child. Not necessarily for it's literary content but for it's overall message to kids. The message: try it you might like it. I have on several occasions referred to Green Eggs and Ham to convince Kaylin to try something on her plate. It works (mostly).

The other night I had sliced and roasted some zucchini and placed it on her plate. She began eating around them. I reminded her that she's had them before but that didn't seem to help. And then it hit me - I said "They're green eggs!" (because that's what they kind of looked like). She said "What? They're green eggs?" "Yep" I said. "Eat up." And so she did.

Tonight I was cutting up some more zucchini when she came into the kitchen. She said "Are those green eggs?" "Yep" I said with a grin.

Snow Fun

Kaylinisms VII

It's been a while since I've written any Kaylinisms. I hope that doesn't mean I'm not paying attention to my kiddo. Well - at any rate - here are a few I've recently caught.

1. Kaylin has a marker board that I had scribbled on during one of our play sessions. She wanted to draw on it so she asked me if it was okay if she "re-rased" my stuff.

2. The other day it was stuffed animal day at her preschool. The kids were supposed to take an animal from home. I reminded her a few days in advance. So everyday she kept asking me it this was "stuffed up animal day".

3. Recently I started letting Kaylin play computer games on my computer. (I'm not convinced I should have really opened that can of worms.) The other night after she clicked on a button the computer was taking its time. I walked into the room and she said to me "It says "Please Wait". I looked at the screen and sure enough that's what it said. Surprised at her reading skills, I asked "How did you know that's what it said?" To which she responded "I have a brain."