One of the more under-appreciated aspects of having twins is that you get to listen to them talk. Sometimes it can be a great first warning system. The other day, disaster of an undetermined type was narrowly avoided when I heard my son’s stage whisper to his sister, “NO! Don’t do dat! You make Mommy mad!”
It’s also a great paradox of parenthood: you wait and wait and wait for them to talk, and then once they do, you pray for them to shut up.
But every once in a while, one of my children says something so fantastic that I’m glad they can (and do) run their mouths incessantly.
As I was putting them down for a nap this afternoon, my daughter looked up at me and asked her new favorite question.
“Why?”
As to what she was asking “why” about; I have no earthly idea. She gets on these tangents and can ask “why” 5,432 times in a row without paying the slightest bit of attention to the answer. Which means that I pay little attention to the question.
So I said, absently, “Because Martians are from Mars and Venusians are from Venus.”
“Mommy, you are so smart!” she squealed. “You are almost as smart as me. You’re a dolt.”
“Because the square root of pi is 1.77 … wait a second, what did you just call Mommy?”
“You’re a biiiiig dolt. I little, but one day I be a big dolt like you.”
She was so earnest about the whole thing that I felt bad about laughing, but honestly, can you blame me? According to my logic, by the way, “a dolt” = “adult.” Cute, no?
As I was tucking her in, she gave me one final gem.
“Mommy, I is fun to be talking to.”
Honey, you got that one right.
They are so cute!
Awwww…and she's right, most of us adults are a-dolts! Smart girl!
Awwww, that is super cute! She is funny to talk to!
Too cute. The why stage will be around for awhile, so be prepared!
I love listening to my twins talk to each other. At 18 months they don't have a lot to say, but they still crack each other up! It is adorable.
I hope you are being a good 'dolt and putting your feet up while the kids are sleeping?
LOVE it!! And you know how much I need to laugh right now! Awesome!! When Tater wants ice in his water, he asks for “mice” because we always ask him if he wants “some ice” in his water. So cute!
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Kid-isms are some of my favorite things in the world. Wonderful.
And you know what the cutest thing is? When the words your kids say start to creep in your “a dolt” conversations you have with your friends.
Trust me, it's gonna happen!
The fun is in trying to translate. I am constantly doing that with my friend's 4 year old when he starts talking too fast. Sometimes I just nod and smile.
Aw, too cute! I like the idea of your children being super intelligent and using words like “dolt” because that's exactly what they mean.
I tell people all the time — enjoy the immobile, quiet days. They pass way too fast!
So sweet… I love the kiddisms that are forever etched in my mind (and on my blog!)