Grown up stuff
Haddi is only 3 years old. Ok, 3 years and a couple of months. She just says the funniest things sometimes, so I'm documenting them here. I read in a book that by age 3 she should be able to put together sentences of up to 4 words. (haha - give me a break, she's been using pronouns correctly since 20 months!) These are EXACT quotes folks - no adding words or cleaning up the kid language - this is the actual stuff she says.
'realize' - Haddi says to me the other day "Oh mom, I didn't realize that daddy took the truck to my store today."
"actually" - Upon being asked if her daddy could have one of her nachos at lunch "No, I'm actually going to eat them all. So sorry."
"afraid not" - I'm always saying things like..'Is it time for bed? I'm afraid so." So after Haddi went to the bathroom all by herself (ALL by herself, leaving me out in the hallway to wait with anticipation) I said to her "I can't believe you're such a big girl -you're all grown up!" Haddi replied "Well, I'm afraid I'm really just a little kid."
"discussion" - Upon being told for the 1000th time to not talk with her mouth full of food, she replies (with a mouthful) "I know dad, we had a discussion about that earlier today."
'supposedly' - Earlier this week Haddi was frustrated with us and our lack of response, she rolls her eyes and says "well, supposedly we're going to lunch." Sarcasm from a 3 year old.
'suddenly' - I think too many books have led to the use of this phrase. She will be telling you a story like this: "We were driving down the street going to my store AND SUDDENLY (pause for effect) we turned right." (big grin)
"I understand" - Often when reprimanding Haddi we feel the need to explain the punishment then ask if she understands. She is a very logical child so we've found that 'NO' accompanied by the reason for the 'no' is more effective than the 'no' by itself. So the other day I said "Haddi, please stop jumping off the couch, you're going to get hurt." Haddi replied (with a big grin) "I understand mom, but I don't want to stop!"
Gimore girls references - The Gilmore Girls is Haddi's favorite TV show - it's not a kids show, but she's loved it since she was one year old. She knows all the characters and fully believes that these characters exist as people in the fictional town of Stars Hollow where they live on the show. The other night when I was putting her to bed, she rolled over and looked up at me and out of the blue she said "Mom, I think I'm ready to go on the Gilmore Girls." I laughed and said "Oh really - would you be Rory or Lorelai (two main characters)." She said "Mom, I'm Haddi - I'll just be a regular person who lives in Stars Hollow. I think I'm ready."
Today at lunch she was asking us what we used to call her when she was a little baby. I told her all the nicknames we had for her, then she wanted to know what our nicknames were when we were babies. I said that Uncle Martin called her daddy P.J. She thought that was very funny and reminded me that ":Luke's sister Liz has a husband called T.J. (characters on the Gilmore Girls) and that is sort of the same as P.J."
Funny little kid!
'realize' - Haddi says to me the other day "Oh mom, I didn't realize that daddy took the truck to my store today."
"actually" - Upon being asked if her daddy could have one of her nachos at lunch "No, I'm actually going to eat them all. So sorry."
"afraid not" - I'm always saying things like..'Is it time for bed? I'm afraid so." So after Haddi went to the bathroom all by herself (ALL by herself, leaving me out in the hallway to wait with anticipation) I said to her "I can't believe you're such a big girl -you're all grown up!" Haddi replied "Well, I'm afraid I'm really just a little kid."
"discussion" - Upon being told for the 1000th time to not talk with her mouth full of food, she replies (with a mouthful) "I know dad, we had a discussion about that earlier today."
'supposedly' - Earlier this week Haddi was frustrated with us and our lack of response, she rolls her eyes and says "well, supposedly we're going to lunch." Sarcasm from a 3 year old.
'suddenly' - I think too many books have led to the use of this phrase. She will be telling you a story like this: "We were driving down the street going to my store AND SUDDENLY (pause for effect) we turned right." (big grin)
"I understand" - Often when reprimanding Haddi we feel the need to explain the punishment then ask if she understands. She is a very logical child so we've found that 'NO' accompanied by the reason for the 'no' is more effective than the 'no' by itself. So the other day I said "Haddi, please stop jumping off the couch, you're going to get hurt." Haddi replied (with a big grin) "I understand mom, but I don't want to stop!"
Gimore girls references - The Gilmore Girls is Haddi's favorite TV show - it's not a kids show, but she's loved it since she was one year old. She knows all the characters and fully believes that these characters exist as people in the fictional town of Stars Hollow where they live on the show. The other night when I was putting her to bed, she rolled over and looked up at me and out of the blue she said "Mom, I think I'm ready to go on the Gilmore Girls." I laughed and said "Oh really - would you be Rory or Lorelai (two main characters)." She said "Mom, I'm Haddi - I'll just be a regular person who lives in Stars Hollow. I think I'm ready."
Today at lunch she was asking us what we used to call her when she was a little baby. I told her all the nicknames we had for her, then she wanted to know what our nicknames were when we were babies. I said that Uncle Martin called her daddy P.J. She thought that was very funny and reminded me that ":Luke's sister Liz has a husband called T.J. (characters on the Gilmore Girls) and that is sort of the same as P.J."
Funny little kid!
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