Ya-ya and Chiquita stories

you give your kids donuts... with sprinkles...for breakfast? sugar fat oil refined carbohydrates... can I come live at your house?

Donuts are the fifth food group.

And no, because then I'd have to share my donuts.

Yaya, after overhearing a conversation about Mama's new high tech cellphone:
"I don't want to have a BLUETOOTH! What are we gonna do if I have a Bluetooth? Take me to the dentist?"

Mama had a bout with the stomach flu, and a few days later said, "I just ate and I don't feel sick!"
Yaya replied, "Mama, did you feel sick after you nined or tenned?"

Keetah tells little stories! For example, Keetah was snuggling with Mama and Yaya walked by and was invited to snuggle, too, but Yaya was too busy. Keetah told Mama, "Yaya no thank you - in the bed." Meaning - Yaya said no thanks to getting in bed and snuggling.

We had a discussing about plurals the other day about how cactus becomes cacti. Immediately afterward, Yaya says, "What about grass-i?"

The next day, the conversation turned to Halloween costumes. Mama said, "What about octopi?"

Yaya replied, "No, Mama! I just want to be ONE octopus!"

Overheard:

"Mama, what color is purple in the dark?"

"Purple is still purple, you just can't see it."

"Why?"

"Because there's no light to bounce off of it."

"How do you know?

"I just do. It's like if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound?"

"Does it?"

"That's one of those Existential questions for the Ages, Yaya."

"... Mama, what's Existential?"




(Mama needs to learn when to answer, "because that's just what happens.")

We wrote a little book based on the "Why is the Sky Blue.." type questions. I put the question on each page and printed it out for them to illustrate.

It's still around here somewhere... in one of their "Memory Tubs."

I just love this age.

the answer to the why ...why... ??? question is...


"because its not an elephant/girraffe/kangaroo other large exotic animal"

Tonight, Yaya discovered addition.

We've created a monster.

She must've added everything in sight for 30 minutes.

suggest fractions Drew, she'll lose interest immediatly.

T was a tad put out at someone, and was expressing her frustration. A couple of choice phrases were used.

Yaya pipes up, "Mama! F*ck isn't a nice word. You shouldn't use it."

Some discussion entails about how adults can choose when to use certain words, but that children get in trouble for using them.

Yaya then says, "And you shouldn't say 'screw you,' either!"

Is pussy a bad word?

Did Yaya wash out her mother's möuth with soap?

The world according to Yaya:

Video killed the radio store
Video killed the radio store...

A rectangular block of styrofoam lays innocently on the floor.

Daddy to Keetah: "Put the styrofoam in the trash, please."

Keetah picks up styrofoam and holds it to her ear. "Heh-whoa? Dis is Keetah!"

Blocks of styrofoam are never innocent...

Sheesh, Drew, dontcha know you're supposed to talk to the recycling before you toss it?

Yaya was busy counting the other night.

"What if there were two Daddies and two Mommas and two Keetahs and one Yaya? We'd have seven people in our family!"

I asked her, "what if we had one Momma, one Daddy, one Keetah and four Yayas?"

"Then they'd all want to go first and I'd never get a turn!" was her reply.

Yaya: "Why do I have gums, Daddy?"

"To hold your teeth, sweetie."

"Why do I have teeth? Did God make them?"

"Yes, sweetie, He made everything."

"But how?"

"Nobody knows."

"Can I ask Him? How can I ask Him? Do I have to go to heaven?"

"Different people think different things. Some people think you have to go to heaven to talk to God. Other people think you can speak to Him in prayer."

"Daddy! They should all have the same idea!"

Outside my office door:

Yaya: "Daddy! Did you know our new cousin is a girl?"

Me: "Yes! Isn't that exciting?"

Keetah: "My baby is a cousin!"

Yaya: "No, she's a girl."

Keetah: "No, she's a cousin."

Yaya: "She's a baby, and a girl, and a cousin."

Keetah: "She's a baby."