N: Mom, I think I'm going to get married two or three times.
Mom: Really? What makes you think that?
N: I just really like people.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
First Snow!
We spent the weekend in North Lake Tahoe and introduced N to the snow for this first time. Due to the new stimulation, N came out with some excellent one liners throughout the weekend.
On seeing the snow for the first time while driving she got almost choked up: "I just can't believe it's white everywhere. Oh, it's so beautiful. I can't believe we're really in the snow."
After a few more minutes of driving she offered: "When I grow up I'm going to write books about my life like Laura Ingalls Wilder and the chapter of this trip will be called 'Snow, Finally.'"
We broke off icicles from the roof and handed them to her: "My first icicle!" She broke off another one herself "My second icicle!"
"It's like a piece of glass, but it's cold!"
She also tried to get us to sled down the steepest sled hill available at a park telling us that it's "not THAT dangerous!"
On the way home two days later, N kept herself awake in the car by talking almost without stopping for over forty-five minutes. When she finally ran out of things she wanted to tell us (or steam) she reflected "It's nice to have a chance to talk for awhile. Especially when you don't interrupt me like you usually do."
On seeing the snow for the first time while driving she got almost choked up: "I just can't believe it's white everywhere. Oh, it's so beautiful. I can't believe we're really in the snow."
After a few more minutes of driving she offered: "When I grow up I'm going to write books about my life like Laura Ingalls Wilder and the chapter of this trip will be called 'Snow, Finally.'"
We broke off icicles from the roof and handed them to her: "My first icicle!" She broke off another one herself "My second icicle!"
"It's like a piece of glass, but it's cold!"
She also tried to get us to sled down the steepest sled hill available at a park telling us that it's "not THAT dangerous!"
On the way home two days later, N kept herself awake in the car by talking almost without stopping for over forty-five minutes. When she finally ran out of things she wanted to tell us (or steam) she reflected "It's nice to have a chance to talk for awhile. Especially when you don't interrupt me like you usually do."
Monday, January 11, 2010
Reading, writing and its consequences.
After finishing a tour of the Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab.
N: I want to write all about this in my journal.
Mom: That's a great idea. What do you think you will write about?
N: That dolphins know sign language and are smarter than you think.
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N: Dad, let's play "Little House in the Big Woods." *
Dad: O.K. How do we play?
N: Well, I'm Pa and you're Mary, Laura and Ma.
Dad: Uh. That sounds kind of hard.
N: Well, that's the way it's done. Now go into the cosy house and I'll go kill the pig.
* Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. Harper Collins, New York, NY, 3rd edition 1971.
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N: I want to write all about this in my journal.
Mom: That's a great idea. What do you think you will write about?
N: That dolphins know sign language and are smarter than you think.
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N: Dad, let's play "Little House in the Big Woods." *
Dad: O.K. How do we play?
N: Well, I'm Pa and you're Mary, Laura and Ma.
Dad: Uh. That sounds kind of hard.
N: Well, that's the way it's done. Now go into the cosy house and I'll go kill the pig.
* Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Little House in the Big Woods. Harper Collins, New York, NY, 3rd edition 1971.
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Monday, December 28, 2009
Cats
At a grandparent abode (there are four six such abodes in our lives) playing with a cat:
N: Maxie, you wouldn't hiss and attack me. You're too darn sweet.
N: Maxie, you wouldn't hiss and attack me. You're too darn sweet.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Plans for the future
N: Mom, I've decided that I'm going to live with you and Daddy for the rest of my life.
Mom: You can do that if you want to. But if you grow up and want to live somewhere else you can do that too.
N: Yeah, but I won't go to outer space.
Mom: Oh, why not?
N: Because there is no air in outer space so we couldn't talk to each other and that wouldn't be good.
Mom: Well, then we'll just stay on Earth.
N: Yeah.
Mom: You can do that if you want to. But if you grow up and want to live somewhere else you can do that too.
N: Yeah, but I won't go to outer space.
Mom: Oh, why not?
N: Because there is no air in outer space so we couldn't talk to each other and that wouldn't be good.
Mom: Well, then we'll just stay on Earth.
N: Yeah.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Menu planning
Mom: I'm trying to figure out what to make for tomorrow's lunch with Ana. What do you think?
N: Eggs and Bagels. Easy, peasy.
N: Eggs and Bagels. Easy, peasy.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Blind otters
N: Wanna see a blind otter fly an airplane!?
Mom: Sure.
N: (throws an inflatable ring across the living room) WATCH OUT!
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N and her Dad had a round of playing a game where N squeezes his nose and Dad makes a honking noise. After a long honk, N said. "Can you honk like you did in the old days?"
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Natasha's grandparents asked her advice on how to fly on a plane as she has traveled by plane most recently. "Well, there are roofs on planes now." She said.
Mom: Sure.
N: (throws an inflatable ring across the living room) WATCH OUT!
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N and her Dad had a round of playing a game where N squeezes his nose and Dad makes a honking noise. After a long honk, N said. "Can you honk like you did in the old days?"
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Natasha's grandparents asked her advice on how to fly on a plane as she has traveled by plane most recently. "Well, there are roofs on planes now." She said.
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