My Ivy has started some philosophy at a young young age. This happened over breakfast:
Ivy (4):"I think this might be a dream"
Lorelei (6): "What might be a dream?"
Ivy: "Life"
Lorelei: "What do you mean?"
Ivy: "This life may be a dream. Or a movie. That dinosaurs are watching"
And this was last night:
My 4 year old told me at bedtime that people kiss each other on the lips when they are going to get married.
Then she smooched me on the lips and told me I needed to get her flowers.
On mommyhood... the good, the bad, the strange...
Monday, July 21, 2014
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Impermanence
They were were brushing a ponies hair and it fell into a heart shape. Lorelei got ivy to look at it and then Ivy wanted to "keep it like that" Lorelei said it couldn't. Nothing is permanent.
Then it turned into a bit of a chant and next thing I know the girls were singing and chanting "nothing stays" and basically making up a song about the impermanence of life. "When you are dead your bones turn to diiirrrrtttt" "Unless you're left on top of the grassssss and then you'd get covered in MOOOLLLLLDDDD"
Then it turned into a bit of a chant and next thing I know the girls were singing and chanting "nothing stays" and basically making up a song about the impermanence of life. "When you are dead your bones turn to diiirrrrtttt" "Unless you're left on top of the grassssss and then you'd get covered in MOOOLLLLLDDDD"
Monday, May 26, 2014
Who needs spiders?
The girls found a spider in their playhouse. They said it was big but I didn't really believe them until I saw it.
I caught it and put it in a huge jar on the porch. Later this happened as I was taking the picture:
Lorelei: What are you doing?
Me: Taking a picture of the spider
Ivy: Should we open the jar?
Me: I don't think so. You don't want this living on our porch do you?
Ivy, cocking her head to the side and smiling cutely: No. I want it to DIE.
Saturday, April 5, 2014
Cereal Talk
Morning cereal talk, over Froot Loops April 5 2014
Lorelei (5.5) What flavors are these? The orange is orange. The blue is blueberry. The red is cherry. The green is.... I don't know what the green is
Me: I think the green is Lime
Ivy (4): Green bean! The green is Green Bean!
Lorelei: I don't think that's it. Maybe it IS lime.
Ivy: I'm pretty sure it's green bean.
Some morning cute, March 26th:
Ivy: "I dreamed about dancing macaronis!!"
Lorelei: "Macaronis?"
Ivy: "And CHEEEEEESE!!"
March 17th
First time I've caught Lorelei slipping the wrong word.
She seems preoccupied. me: "Would you like bagel sandwiches or regular bread for lunch"
lorelei: "Regular blood. I mean bread"
Me: "what where you thinking about?"
Lorelei (giggling): "I'm really not sure mama."
February 27th, 2014On the way to school Ivy was telling me about a dream she had:
"Bats and owls came and took our car!! And they drove us to school! And you were in that seat (points at passanger seat) and we went to school and they came in with us and then Miss Elsie (teacher) said 'GO AWAY! you bats and owls GO HOME' She yelled it.
So then they bats and owls go back in the car and you did too and they drove the car home. And then they went back to their home"
Lorelei (5.5) What flavors are these? The orange is orange. The blue is blueberry. The red is cherry. The green is.... I don't know what the green is
Me: I think the green is Lime
Ivy (4): Green bean! The green is Green Bean!
Lorelei: I don't think that's it. Maybe it IS lime.
Ivy: I'm pretty sure it's green bean.
Some morning cute, March 26th:
Ivy: "I dreamed about dancing macaronis!!"
Lorelei: "Macaronis?"
Ivy: "And CHEEEEEESE!!"
March 17th
First time I've caught Lorelei slipping the wrong word.
She seems preoccupied. me: "Would you like bagel sandwiches or regular bread for lunch"
lorelei: "Regular blood. I mean bread"
Me: "what where you thinking about?"
Lorelei (giggling): "I'm really not sure mama."
February 27th, 2014On the way to school Ivy was telling me about a dream she had:
"Bats and owls came and took our car!! And they drove us to school! And you were in that seat (points at passanger seat) and we went to school and they came in with us and then Miss Elsie (teacher) said 'GO AWAY! you bats and owls GO HOME' She yelled it.
So then they bats and owls go back in the car and you did too and they drove the car home. And then they went back to their home"
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Gardening and communication
It's been forever since I've added to this, which is silly of me. Lots of things being whisked away on Facebook to never be seen again.
Lorelei (now 4.5) made me so proud yesterday.
We were digging a new area of our garden out to plant a pretty Abutilon Belle (flowering maple that looks like a hibiscus). I found a grub and startled it with her by holding it close to her until she looked up. She looked up, jumped and shrieked. We both laughed and I tossed the grub in the yard. We went back to what we were doing and I found another and did the same thing--- what can I say, I can be a bit of a brat. She reacted the same way, with the jump, the shriek and the giggle.
But then.. she looked at me seriously and said, "Mommy, next time you find a grub can you just tell me and show me from further away and not put it so close to me? I don't like it when you do that, but I do like seeing them."
Holy cow! Communication at it's finest! She modeled it perfectly after the way I've been asking her to speak up for herself.
Lorelei (now 4.5) made me so proud yesterday.
We were digging a new area of our garden out to plant a pretty Abutilon Belle (flowering maple that looks like a hibiscus). I found a grub and startled it with her by holding it close to her until she looked up. She looked up, jumped and shrieked. We both laughed and I tossed the grub in the yard. We went back to what we were doing and I found another and did the same thing--- what can I say, I can be a bit of a brat. She reacted the same way, with the jump, the shriek and the giggle.
But then.. she looked at me seriously and said, "Mommy, next time you find a grub can you just tell me and show me from further away and not put it so close to me? I don't like it when you do that, but I do like seeing them."
Holy cow! Communication at it's finest! She modeled it perfectly after the way I've been asking her to speak up for herself.
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Experiments with physics
Give two kids a half deflated yoga ball and they will have an amazing time with it. Eventually if they are small enough they will figure out if one sits on one side and the other sits hard on the other side the first one will fly off. They will have an amazing time of this until they get carried away and the littler one flies halfway across the porch and gets a black eye. Mom of the year award for me.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Dream Stories
Ivy (age 2.5) at bed time...
"Mama, I had a bad dreem.
There were tiny tiny monsters and they RARR!! And I pick one up and it was for me! And you pick one up and it was for you! And we hug them! And all the daddy monsters were MEAN!"
"Mama, I had a bad dreem.
There were tiny tiny monsters and they RARR!! And I pick one up and it was for me! And you pick one up and it was for you! And we hug them! And all the daddy monsters were MEAN!"
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