December 2010
6 posts
Hmmm
D prosody babbles in rhyme. Maybe I need to lay off the Dr. Seuss marathons.
Manners
D [moving his shoes out of the way]: ‘Scuse me, shoes.
the blow dryer
I think D is mishearing “blow dryer” as “blow-dry-hair.” Mommy, get blow-dry-hair. Goodnight, blow-dry-hair. I have to cover my mouth with both hands to hide my giggles.
disa-pew
It is SO cute to hear D singing along with my music in the car. Though this just took the cake: One song begins with someone saying, “…and let everything that’s disturbed you in the past disappear; disappear, disappear into the midnight of your consciousness.” Just then, I heard a little voice in the back repeating, “disa-pew, disa-pew, disa-pew mih-nite...
Reading.
D asked me to read Madame Bovary (en anglais) to him today. I didn’t even make it through one sentence when he closed the book on me. Then he handed me Le Petit Prince(en français, bien sur) to read. He made it through a whole paragraph, even with my crappy accent. Then we moved on to Frog and Toad Are Friends, and we were both happier for it.
All done
My MIL made me a pillow for Christmas. It’s sitting in the place of honor, on the couch. D likes playing with her fabric scraps, or “triapki,” and today he was playing with the scraps from the pillow. Later today, he was sitting on the couch with me. He looked over at the pillow and said, “All done, triapki.”