Ya-ya and Chiquita stories

Yaya has recently become obsessed with growing up. She's tired of being little; she wants to do everything that grownups do.

She asks for reassurance, such as asking me if I used to be little, if I grew up, did I marry Mommy, etc.

I assured her that I did used to be little, and that I grew up and married Mommy.

Suddenly she teared up and wailed, "I'm afraid I'm not gonna get married!" (Ma-weed)

Trying to be reassuring once again (silly me, with the results I just achieved), I told her that she'd grow up and find someone she loved to marry and go live with.

She wailed even louder, "But I wanna keep Mommy and Daddy with me!"

I surrendered at that point, and gave her to her Mama....

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Awww...

Such a sweetheart.

I remember a similar conversation with sozlet, when we were talking about college. I said something like, "And when you move away and go to college..." and she tensed up and said "move away??" and I said well, depends on what college you choose... This ended up with assurances that she could go to OSU and be right by us. Let's see how she feels about it when the time arrives...!

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Keetah is becoming much more communicative.

If she like what she's eating, she gets a big smile and says, "Mmmmmmm!"

She tries to sing along with songs by repeating, "baa, baa, baa... baa, baa, baa." This is the result of her loving Baa Baa Black Sheep. She used to say "baa baa baa" to ask for that specific song, but she uses it for all songs, now.

She also imitates her sister and dances to music. I've got to make sure to get it on video....

Peek-a-boo is her favorite game; it is sure to generate gales of laughter.

Current nicknames include Keetah, K-bird, Doo-Dah, Bella-boo, and Bee-Bo.

One of her new games is the "Kiss-game." She kisses you, then you kiss her, then she kisses you again...

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sozobe wrote:

Awww...

Such a sweetheart.

I remember a similar conversation with sozlet, when we were talking about college. I said something like, "And when you move away and go to college..." and she tensed up and said "move away??" and I said well, depends on what college you choose... This ended up with assurances that she could go to OSU and be right by us. Let's see how she feels about it when the time arrives...!

Sometimes it's hard to remember that they're operating on a completely different time-scale, ain't it?

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http://doodlebug.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/have_some_ice_cream.jpg

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We just got back from a week at the beach...

While there, Yaya was having some peach cobbler and ice cream. After she'd been eating for awhile, she looks into her cup and says, bewildered, "Mama, there's no ice cream in my cup!"

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It is puzzling when the ice cream disappears. Cool

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Last night, Yaya was trying to ask for a specific song, although it took me a minute to understand.

"Daddy, I want gone dah-toe."

"What?"

"Gone dah-toe!"

"What's gone dah-toe?"

"A song! I want the gone dah-toe song!"

"Sweety, I don't know the gone dah-toe song."

"I'm not saying it white. I say it and say it, but I can't say it white."

"Gone dah-toe. Gone dah-toe! Mmmmmmm!" (Growling in frustration a-la Marge Simpson)

"Sweety, do you mean Don Gato?"

"Yes! Gone dah-toe!" Then, carefully, "Don Gato. I said it! Don Gato! Don Gato!"

Keetah then chimes in, "'On Gato!"

(And, after all that, I didn't have the song with us...) Sad

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DrewDad wrote:

"I'm not saying it white. I say it and say it, but I can't say it white."

"Gone dah-toe. Gone dah-toe! Mmmmmmm!"

Oh my gosh, that's cute. I love "I say it and say it, but I can't say it white." Laughing

Poor kiddo!

(I just sat here and read this entire thread...what fun. You're a lucky Daddy!)

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Yes, that is cute..

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Yaya has been a little pill at her last couple of dance classes, apparently.

She doesn't follow directions, sits when she's supposed to dance, etc.

Yesterday, she told her teacher, "I want to dance my way!"

So...

We had a little discussion about why we go to dance class. Dance class is to learn how to dance.

"But I know how to dance!"

(Good grief.... Three going on 13....)

So then we stress how dance class is to learn new ways to dance. We listed dance moves she's learned, like plié, relevé, and positions. Then T said, "some day you'll learn how to do an arabesque. Do you know what an arabesque is?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, you do not!"

Yaya then performed a perfect arabesque.

Some days you get the bear, some days the bear gets you....

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And soccer makes her mad because "the other kids don't share!"

Soccer Practice

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Keetah has squeaky shoes. Just like a squeak toy for pets, it has a little noise-maker that squeaks each time she takes a step.

She loves them, and giggles and dances just hear them squeak.

She even asks to wear them. When we're getting ready to put on shoes she says, "ee! ee! ee!" to get us to put on them on her.

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Apparently I look like Dr. Evil. Yaya pointed at Slappy's avatar and asked, "is that you, Daddy?"

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Yaya also asked in the car if we remembered the "cooda-berries" that we saw at the beach. Barracudas, sweety. Barracudas.

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This morning Yaya wanders in from the playroom to have a chat:

"I like dinosaurs. I like their bones and their skin."

<pause>

"I remember when dinosaurs were in the world. They were all around."

me: "That sounds neat. What was it like?"

"People weren't around."

me: "What did you look like, then?"

"I didn't look like anything. I wasn't in the world yet."

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Cooool.

I do think Ya-ya and sozlet are some kind of soul sisters...

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DrewDad wrote:

This morning Yaya wanders in from the playroom to have a chat:

"I like dinosaurs. I like their bones and their skin."

<pause>

"I remember when dinosaurs were in the world. They were all around."

me: "That sounds neat. What was it like?"

"People weren't around."

me: "What did you look like, then?"

"I didn't look like anything. I wasn't in the world yet."

This is great! I love when kids say things like this, it's something like having a logical path that's missing a bridge to get to the end, but swimming nonetheless.

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On returning from a lunch errand:

"Daddy, why are you wearing your brown shoes? They don't match! You're wearing blue pants and a grey shirt!"

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DrewDad wrote:

Apparently I look like Dr. Evil. Yaya pointed at Slappy's avatar and asked, "is that you, Daddy?"

Ouch

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