Ava, upon the start of a lecture about honesty: “I really hope this is a short talk.”
Archive for the ‘Overheard’ Category
1 Mar
Overheard: New words edition
Olivia: More milk!
(In all fairness, Olivia has said “milk” before, but it happened while I was in Madison. I was surprised that Bryan didn’t call to tell me about the new word. He said, “Well, she also tried to use a spoon to drink water out of the toliet. Did you want me to call and tell you that, too?”)
10 Feb
Overheard
Mom: Ava, bring that back here right now.
Ava: …
Mom: Five, four, THREE…
Ava (running): Here, Mom.
Mom: Thank you.
Ava: I’m sorry that you had to say all but two numbers, but that’s just the way life goes sometimes.
6 Feb
Overheard (bonus!)
Ava: Does it rain in the spring?
Mom: Yes, it does.
Ava: No it doesn’t.
Mom: Ava, don’t argue.
Ava: I’m not arguing.
Mom: That’s the definition of arguing.
Ava: No it’s not.
6 Feb
Overheard
Ava: I am so tired of being three!
Mom: What?
Ava: I have been three for about 40 years.
Mom: I don’t think it’s even been 40 weeks, Ava.
27 Jan
Smiths don’t let Smiths win
Bryan, to Ava, over Hello Kitty Bingo: “I am really destroying you on this game.”
23 Jan
Overheard
Olivia spends a lot of time talking on the phone, and by “phone,” I mean anything that resembles a cell. Remotes, calculators, toys…anything that’s phone-sized instantly connects her to someone who apparently enjoys very one-sided conversations.
Olivia likes to include most of the words she knows, in random order.
Olivia: “Hi! Hi. Yeah! No, no, noooo. Hat mommy, yeah… Yeah, dog, kitty. Hat. Hat! No, no. Bye!”
Just wait until she can dial. Or text.
16 Jan
Overheard
Bec (referring to a workbook page about Mozart from preschool): “Who is this?”
Ava: “Motart.”
Bec: “What did he do?”
Ava: “He made a song.”
Bec: “A song. Really.”
Ava: “Yeah, ‘Twinkle, twinkle little star.'”
15 Jan
Overheard
Ava: I don’t like tomatoes.
Bec: Yes you do. You like marinara. That’s made from tomatoes.
Ava: Nope.
Bec: Well, do you know who does like tomatoes? Grandma Smith.
Ava: Let’s send them to her then.
17 Dec
Overheard
If you’ve spent any time around Ava recently, you know she’s using a lot of made-up words–just crazy little terms for which there’s never a consistent definition. Certain ones–like “schody”–keep cropping up again and again as various and seemingly unrelated nouns. They’re becoming a running joke around the house–a joke that Ava is clearly in on.
Ava: Dad, where are your feelings?
Bry: In your brain.
Ava: Oh, and your brain is in your head.
Bry: Right. Where did you think your feelings were?
Ava: In your schody.
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