Here is a snapshot of a day in my life with Laylee:
When I put Magoo in time out in the middle of the floor in Costco for continuously running away from me cackling, Laylee stated her approval. “MOM!” she whispered loudly, “I A-GREE with you!” Lately she whispers this to me pretty much any time I tell Magoo off. It’s nice to know my approval rating is on the rise.
She is in love with the cartoons that come on PBS every afternoon.
Laylee: I noticed that every time when I watch cartoons they always say ”˜dot ord.’
Laylee: So are cartoons on all day?
Me: No. They’re just on in the late afternoon when kids will be getting home from school.
Laylee: So, if I don’t go to school, they won’t COME ON?!
Laylee on science: Air can fit through really tiny spaces. You know? Air… is a lot like germs.
Last week Laylee proudly handed me a very old bag of nearly unrecognizable grapes and other sundries that reeked with a fabulously hideous reek. She said it was a snack she’d been making in her backpack. I told her calmly and firmly to dispose of the fermenting slime-fest expeditiously.
Tonight she was supposed to be sleeping but she had to get up to make an emergency request.
Laylee: Hey mom. Can you please remember to vacuum my room tomorrow because it’s covered in that gunky stuff that I made in the bag in my backpack that you told me to throw in the trash and then wash my hands because it’s putrid?
At the doctor’s office today, I distracted the kids from licking the floor by pointing out the Halloween decorations.
Me: That’s a great pumpkin. What kind of face does that jack ”˜o lantern have? Happy? Sad? Scary?
Laylee [studying it closely]: Iiiiiit’s…kind of nervous.
We have the same pumpkin in our kitchen. 🙂
I feel sorry for your vacuum. And I don’t understand the 3 squares mid-smile on the pumpkin. If Laylee says it’s nervous then I’ll go with that.
[Laylee: I noticed that every time when I watch cartoons they always say ”˜dot ord.’ ]
HAHAHA!
She is adorably entertaining.
And, you know, that pumpkin should be nervous – it looks WEIRD. When I look at it, the mouth doesn’t come together right… I see the two sides and then the middle just looks like 3 squares sitting in space. Weird!
What a cutie. My son has noticed the dot ord, too.
Too. Dang. Cute. I’d be a bit nervous myself…
Also, congratulations on the new nephew! I hear he had one heck of a trip, but we’re glad he’s here!
Don’t you just love the things that kids say? Who needs t.v.? Just listen to a 4 year old…
Well wouldn’t you be nervous if you had to sit around a Dr’s office all day? Just think of all the cries you’d hear.
I hadn’t noticed how alike air and germs were either. That’s good to know.
Yeah, I’m gonna go with “nervous” too.
And, um, how kind of Laylee to “make” a snack for you.
And, um, your 4-year-old uses the word “putrid?” That’s amazing.
Ha. I never remember the cute stuff my kids say. In one ear and out the other. I probably should not admit that in writing.
Well, it gives you many things of which you can blog!
I love Laylee. She’s stinkin’ smart. (I think the pumpkin would be a whole lot better off at a dentist office rather than the doctor’s office. That way the dentist could do an emergency procedure for removing those very freaky teeth!)
I adore kid logic. It’s so awesome! I wish I could remember everything they say…
Laylee has a 100% approval rating over here at my house!
What did you do before you had her approval and words of wisdom? Aren’t you glad you have her around to give you both?!
Nope. Cartoons will not come on if you do not go to school.
My personal favorite!
Nervous. That’s great.
If you search “extreme pumpkins” on google you’ll come up with a website that will give you some of the most genius ideas for pumpkin carving that I’ve ever seen.
seriously giggling out loud … i’m trying to control it and i cant.