Conversations with my daughter, part III.

[rivka]

Scene: edge of the neighbors' landscaping.

Alex: serially picks up small pebbles from the ground, sniffs them, and puts them down.
Me: What are you doing?
Alex: Good, good.
Me: disbelieving tone. They smell good?
Alex: picks up another rock and sniffs it. Pee-uuw! Stinky! grins at me.



Scene: Alex's room, bedtime. Soft lights and music, rocking chair, pacifier.

Alex: takes pacifier out of mouth and flings it onto the floor. Uh oh.
Me: determinedly ignores provocation.
Alex: Uh oh. Paci ground.
Me: That's too bad.
Alex: beginning to be alarmed. Paci ground!!
Me: Because you threw it there.
Alex: laughs. Funny, funny!
Me: Actually, not so much.



Scene: At the breakfast table.

Alex: Banana hot!
Me: Your banana is hot?
Alex: Noooo, cold. looks around, points at my mug. Tea hot!
Me: That's right. takes a drink. Ooooh! Mama's tea is hot.
Alex: tilts head to the side, looks searchingly into my face. Okay?
Me: heart melting. Yes, Mama's okay.
Alex: A drink tea hot.

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[rivka.livejournal.com]

And she's already doing SENTENCES! Aiee!

Recent words coming out of her mouth that have dumbfounded me: flamingo (ma-min-go), rhinocerous (noss-rus), kangaroo (kang-a-roo), hippopotamus (po-pah-mus). It's crazy!

And she puts -ing endings on verbs! And she uses "another" correctly! What happened to my baby?

Oh, and one more "ded of cute" attack:

Me: Mama's silly! (I forget why.)
Alex: Silly Mama! (pauses to think) Silly Alex!

[ailbhe]

I'd comment on the new story but I'm busy melting from the icon. Again. I should print that off to keep in my wallet, when I get a wallet, to cheer me up when I'm miserable.