Tid Bits

Katherine likes me to sing her a song before bed, and every now and then she will do so by requesting the specific song she would like to hear. Today, before quiet time, she asked for the "Pretty Horses" song (not sure what the real title is...) and a line in it goes "when you wake, you shall have all the pretty little horses." Now, this is a song she has heard several times before, but today she looked at me with a puzzled expression. She then asked, "Mommy...does that mean Sarah can't play with my horses?" Oh boy...only Katherine would gather that from a bedtime song!


The other day, I smelled something quite unpleasant. I knew it had to be Sarah's diaper. Try as we may, she has little interest in potty training. We've tried the bribes of candy and toys and special privileges...nothing seems to work! She is adamant about having a diaper on her bottom! So I asked her, "Sarah, is your diaper icky?" She said plainly, "No." I probed further, "Are you SURE you don't have an icky diaper? It smells like you do." She then said "I don't have an icky diaper...just an icky butt."


It's been a couple weeks since this last story, and I can't believe I forgot to share! We were having dinner and I surprised the girls with chocolate pudding as their dessert. This also happened to be a rather "prissy" day as far as their playing goes - dressed up, hair fixed, fake jewelry, even dressy shoes and "make up" of the invisible sort. Anyway, they were eating and Sarah got some pudding on her nose (no surprise there!). Of course they had their mirrors at the table with them (because what proper girl doesn't carry a mirror in her pink fuzzy purse??), and Sarah noticed the pudding on her nose in her mirror. She said to me "I have a boo-boo on my face. I need a band-aid." Katherine said, without missing a beat, "Sarah that's not a boo-boo on your face, that's just your nose." I had to laugh, because in a normal social situation, a comment like that would be offensive... Oh the things you can get away with when you're young and adorable...