More Kid-isms

Ok, kids do so many funny things that I could probably make this a weekly post. Maybe I will!

Two weeks ago, Cole stayed after preschool to play with a friend. When he came home, he was telling me all about his friend's penguin on an internet game that Cole also plays on occasion. The next day, he came rushing in from preschool and told me I had to get off the computer because he and his friend were going to do something on the penguin game. So, being the nice Mom that I am (or because I was really curious), I got off the computer. He then had me call his friend so they could get on the same server and could see each other's penguin. Then, they spent the next 30 minutes talking on the phone as they were playing this game together! (They can't type and chat like most people do yet, so they did it over the phone instead.) I am amazed and a little appalled that my not even 5-year-old is sort of playing games on the internet with his friends.

We were watching TV one evening and Emily saw a commercial for these mini My Little Ponies. As she usually does when she sees something she wants (I think she learned this from Cole), she asked if she could get those one day. I gave my usual response of "We'll see." Chad chimed in and told her that he would get them for her when she was potty trained. She looked at me and said, "what's potty train?" (Obviously we have a long way to go still, even though we've been working on it for several months now!) Later that week she was talking to Grandma about what she wanted for her birthday. (I'm not sure how she managed to steer the conversation that way, when her birthday is not for several months.) Emily told her that she wanted these small ponies, which of course, Grandma agreed to. Later still that week, we saw the commercial again, and we went through the same conversation about her wanting them. Chad again told her that she could have them when she didn't wear diapers to which she sassily looked at him and said, "My grandma get them for me for my birthday."

Addy obviously thinks she is ready for big people food. One day we were eating dinner and she was sitting on my lap. I had a Jello Jiggler in my hand and was starting to move it towards my mouth when she grabbed my hand and tried to pull it towards her mouth.
She was also sitting in her Bumbo chair by me, while I was fixing dinner one night. Behind her chair was a bag of Fritos. She kept trying to turn around and grab the bag. She finally succeeded and had a great look of triumph on her face. She was not so happy with me when I promptly took the bag away!