Ya-ya and Chiquita stories

Yaya was repeating a word that she heard us use, today. "Askew! Askew! Askew!"

"I think I have askew loose," say I.

"Can I fix it, Daddy?"

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Every night leading up to Christmas, we're opening one door on the "elephant calendar."

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The other day Yaya asked how she could learn how to read. Shocked

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If she's old enough to ask, she's old enough to learn to recognize her printed name.

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We've been showing her that. She can recognize several letters and numbers, too.

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Yaya loves birthdays. She loves birthday cakes, candles, and singing.

Ever since we had a discussion about Christmas and what it means, she's been singing "Happy Birthday" to "Baby Jesus."

Smile

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Blue Moon

Yellow Rose of Texas

Scarlet Ribbons

<Scarlet Ribbons was one of my favourites at YaYa's age. I still like it.>

Colours and fruit.

Lemon Tree and Clementine <I thought Clementine was about oranges, OhhhhmyyyyyyyyydarlingClemmmmmmmmmmmentiiiiiiiiiiine>

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Yesterday, when T was wrapping packages, Biscuit (cat #3) was getting into the paper and ribbon and making a mess. She scolded her and said, "If you don't cut it out, Biscuit Louann, you are so going in the garage."

A few minutes later, Yaya was being her impish self and pulling miles of Scotch tape out of the roll. T said in her warning voice, "Yaya..."

She said, "I know Mama. If I don't be good and behave and follow directions, I have to go in the garage."

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Yaya spotted the mess from the piece of chocolate that got smushed into the carpet. She gasped and put her hand over her mouth.

In a sing-songing scoldy voice, she said, "Maaaamaaaaaaa....look at that mess...is it you fault? Is it you fault Mama? I want it to be nice! You should clean it up!"

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Today on an outing we were in the bathroom. "Are they out of soap, Daddy?" she asked.

After being assured that there was some in the dispenser, she said, "No. They are in soap."

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We've been discussing the Elmo Potty Time book that sounds like it says "Uh, oh! Who wants to die?" We have the book, and she used it when she potty trained. Now we're thinking about selling it on E-bay.

Perhaps we should have discussed it in private, as Yaya picked up one of her automobile toys today and started pushing it around saying, "Uh, oh! Who wants to die in the car?"

Am I sick because I think this is funny? Laughing

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No. I think it's funny. But then, I thought it was funny when my toddler niece called her friend an ass-clown.

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Ha!

You're sick, AND it's funny. :-D

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Last night in the car:

"Daddy, what's a booger?"

I explained how one's nose filters out dirt and germs. Then prepared for the inevitable follow-up questions.

"Daddy, what's a ham-booger?"

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In the car again.

Yaya pipes up and asks, "What's history, Daddy?"

Er....

Stalling for time, I repeat the question back to her. "What's history?"

"It's what Rudolf went down!"

This went over my head. T had to explain by singing, "Rudolf the red-nosed reindeer/You'll go down in his-tor-ee!"

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It's a kind of a sled, obviously.

(Too cute...!)

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Yaya and I went to dinner with my mother last night.

Yaya started asking her questions, "Hey Grandma, what do you like?"

"I like ice cream."

"What else do you like?"

"I like cookies."

"What do you like besides ice cream and cookies,
Grandma?"

The replies continue-
Pineapples
Pizza
Apples
Bananas
Lazagna
Cake
Kitties

Yaya's eyes got REAL big!

Laughing

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You and cjhsa are brothers, aren't ya?

(Cute!)

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sozobe wrote:

You and cjhsa are brothers, aren't ya?

Strangely enough, cjhsa sometimes sounds oddly like my brother.

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Submitted by T:

T wrote:

So, we were in the little bathroom and Yaya was studying the frogs on the shower curtain. She did her fake laugh and said, "No...frogs don't have eyes! That's silly! heh-heh-heh"
Me: Of course they have eyes - they have to see.
Yaya: (pondering): Well, then they have to have glasses...to see... (ponders)...Mama, do frogs wear glasses?

Later in the afternoon, laying on the bed after nap, we hear a lawn mower. I remark, "Do you hear the noise? Someone's mowing their grass. How do they have grass...We don't even have grass."
Yaya burst into tears: "Mama, I want grass in the backyard! I want grass to play on. Mama, we don't have grass!"

How do you really comfort a child upset about grass???

It won't be long til Bella talks. A lot. Sigh.

(The grass comment is due to a prolonged drought; the grass is there, but brown, brown, brown.)

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