Begging

Earlier today Lily asked me what begging is. I gave her a basic explanation and we both moved on. Okay, maybe just I moved on because a little while later She asked me for a snack. "Sure," I told her.

"What can I have?" she asked.
"What do you want?"
"Can I have a popcicle?"
"Yes, that's a great idea since it's so hot."
"Can I have ice cream?"
"If we have any."
"Can I have candy?"
"No."
"Please, please, please?!?!"
"No."
"That's begging."
"You're right. I don't respond to begging."
With a glint in her eye and a Cheshire Cat smile on her face, "Daddy does!"

Oh, boy. I'm in trouble with this one;-)

Chip Off the Old Block

Ryan (looking up from his handwriting book): Mom, how can I help? This is extra homework, so it can wait. Do you want me to help clean up the fort?

Me (thinking what a wonderful boy I have): I'll finish cleaning up the fort. If you really want to help putting out the trash would be the HUGEST help.

Ryan, in a corrective tone: Mo-om, that's not a word! You are using incorrect grammar. You should have said biggest.

Me ::giving Ryan the stink eye::

Ryan (innocently): Whaaat?! I get that from you.  ::smirk::


While he is wrong about hugest not being a word, he is right about getting that from me. So he gets points for making me laugh;-)

Walkie Talkies

The other day at my mom's house Lily asked for some "walkie talkies." After a few puzzled looks, words to the effect of "I have no idea what you are talking about" and a very frustrated sigh from Lily she finally said, "I'll show you."  She held my hand and guided me upstairs and pointed to the hutch in the living room. "The walkie talkies are gone!" Luckily my mom had followed us upstairs and recognized the spot Lily was pointing to was the place she usually keeps a bowl of Werther's Original candies. My mom extrapolated that because she calls the candies toffees and Lily must have heard talkies (the way my mom says toffee does sound quite a bit like talkie) and the first letter on the bag started with a W Lily must think the candies are called Walkie Talkies. So now we all call them Walkie Talkies;-)

Bonus story:
I heard Jay telling stories in a pirate voice. When I went to say goodnight to Lily as soon as she saw me she said, "Arrrrrg me parties!" So funny! Then when I said prayers with her she told me she had one for me and motioned for me to lean over so she could whisper it in my ear. She whispered, "Say thank you to God that Lily said, 'Arg me parties!' 'cause that makes me laugh and laugh and laugh." I love that girl :-D

Lily-isms

Todd Pie= Pod Tai

constructions= instructions

Breaktast = breakfast

scagetti = spaghetti

Coupon?

The Target coupon book came in the mail today. I was pulling some coupons out for things that we use and Lily asked, "What's that?" I told her it was a coupon book and you use the coupons in it to save money. She asked to help since I was done going through it so I turned it over to her. She pulled one out and said, "Here is a coupon, Mommy."
Then she turned the page and got really excited, "A three-pon!" It was for $3 off something. She pulled on another, "I need this one-pon." [$1 off] She turned the page again, "Woah! A fifty-pon! We totally need that one!" Yeah, that one was for $0.50 off.
Her great excitement for the fifty cent coupon made me chuckle and it makes me think of all those stories of kids trading 1 quarter for 3 pennies because they get more;-) It also reminds me of the time my brother traded several of our family's freshwater sinkers for 1 saltwater sinker because it was bigger. We used to fish in the reservoir near our house, so you can imagine my mom and dad's reaction to the contents of the tackle box after the trade.