Sentence of the Day- Definitions

Katy and I got to spend a rare (now-a-days) Mommy and Katy day. Lil' Miss was off school for MLK day and I took off work to be with her. We lunched at Ikea (as per our usual ways ;-).

Katy had eaten a good lunch and was onto eating her dessert. She offered me a bite. Not really much for the chocolate confection that she was offering, but grateful for her sincere and earnest intentions, I told that I'd, ".... take just a small little bite."

"Technically, Mom, that would be considered a nibble. Something smaller than a bite is a nibble- not a bite," Katy corrected me.

...and there you have it folks.... I live with an walking talking dictionary..... ha!

Sentence of the Day- Tuppence

This morning, we were listening to Disney songs in the car, on the way to swim class. Mary Poppin's "Feed the Birds" came on. When the song came to, "...Feed the birds... tuppence a bag..." Lil' Miss asked me what a tuppence was. I explained that it was an old form of English money- something small, like a penny (my sister later informed me that it is actually the slang form of "two pence.").

Katy replied, "Well, then why didn't they just SAY so?!!"

Sassy little thing!

In case you were wondering, here are the lyrics to the song, "Feed the Birds";

"Early each day to the steps of Saint Paul's

The little old bird woman comes
In her own special way to the people she calls,
"Come, buy my bags full of crumbs;
Come feed the little birds,
Show them you care
And you'll be glad if you do
The young ones are hungry
The nests are so bare
All it takes is tuppence from you
Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag
Feed the birds," that's what she cries
While overhead, her birds fill the skies

All around the cathedral the saints and apostles
Look down as she sells her wares
Although you can't see it, 
You know they are smiling
Each time someone shows that he cares

Though her words are simple and few
Listen, listen, she's calling to you
"Feed the birds, tuppence a bag
Tuppence, tuppence, tuppence a bag"

That'll now be stuck in your head all day.... You're welcome.... I'm still humming it...10 hours later... HA!

Katy's Favorite Word

After reading (yet another) Fancy Nancy book, Katy has decided that her new favorite word is, "Famished." As in, "Mother, can I have a snack? I'm FAMISHED!!!" (Yes, she calls me "Mother."). Or, "When is dinner? I'm absolutely FAMISHED...!"

Drama, much?! ;-P

I kid you not- she has used those- and more!- exact words in the course of the last week. At least I can be satisfied with the knowledge that she knows how to use all these big, "Fancy" words in the right contexts....

Adventures in Spelling (Cont.)

In addition to the words I previously listed, Katy can now spell the following words:

-Jones
-Connor (Best Buddy)
-Ella (Friend from school)

-Elsa (From the movie, Frozen, of course!)

-Elmo

-Eeyore (Can you tell it's "E" week at school, this week?)
-Maggie (Her cousin and the name of her favorite doll)

-Dog

-Cat
-Ted
-Pink
-Bacon (That girl LOVES her meat!)

What an eclectic group of words!

Spelling Bee

For quite some time now, Ted and I have taken to spelling various things that we don't want Lil' Miss to understand/know about beforehand. Every parent does it- you know what I'm talking A-B-O-U-T.... "Do you want to go to C-H-I-C-K-F-I-L-A for lunch...?", "Is it time for B-E-D...?", "Does her next doctor's appointment include "S-H-O-T-S...?"

The other night, Ted and I were talking about possible dessert options for Katy. I asked Ted if he had, "...given her a P-O-P..." yet. Before Ted could respond, Katy ran to the freezer, pulled out a popsicle (we sometimes call popsicles, "Pops.") and exclaimed, "Nope! May I have a pop, now?"

#Busted

Up, Down, All Around...

Last weekend, we were having a family day at Ikea. Ted and I were looking at the pillows, in the hopes of replacing our flat, old, tired pancakes. As we were looking, I told Ted to, "....avoid the down ones..." because I'm allergic to down feathers. Katy quickly interjected, "Okay, Mommy- I'll look for the UP ones!"

Heeheehee.... that made us smile!

Sentence of the Day- Concrete

Katy and I were out shopping, today. She was running ahead of me and I told her to, "Slow down and be careful!"

She stopped in her tracks, turned around and said, "Okay, Mommy. I'll stop. I don't want to fall on the conk-crete."

I corrected her by saying that it was pronounced, "...concrete..."

She in turn corrected me by replying, "No, Mommy- it's 'conk-crete.' 'Conk-crete' means that if I fall and conk my head on it, it'll really, really hurt- 'Conk-crete.'"

Hahahhahahaha.....! True enough!

Sentence of the Day- Too Tight

Yesterday was the first day of Katy's new swim class. She was pulling on her one-piece bathing suit and it was getting all twisted and tangled. Exasperated, Katy exclaimed, "This bathing suit is too taut! That means it's too tight!"

Sentence of the Day- Talking Behind Her Back

Last night, we had put Katy to bed and then went about our own evening routine. Ted and I were in our room, catching each other up on our days. I was telling Ted things Katy had said and done throughout the day. Nothing of note- just typical family stuff.

Then, I heard Katy call for me from her room. I went in to check on her. Our conversation went something like this:

Katy, "Mommy!"
Me, "Yes, Katy- what do you need?"
Katy, "I heard you and Daddy talking. What were you talking about?"
Me, "Just stuff. I was talking to Daddy about you- telling him about our day."
Katy, "Mommy! It's inconsiderate to talk about me (behind my back)...!"

Ha!

Sentence of the day- Seeing Double

Katy and I were talking about IDs the other day and I was explaining what an ID was. I told her that you get a picture taken and then it's put on the ID to show that you are, in fact, you. I asked her if she understood what I had just said.

She replied, "So, you get a representation of yourself put on a card. Right?"

Pretty much, Lil' Miss, pretty much.....

Walking, Talking Dictionary

Blame it on PBS superhero from the planet Lexicon, Word Girl, or Katy's general love of words, but Lil' Miss has become a human walking, talking dictionary. She has always LOVED to talk and she has always had a great vocabulary. Now, she's upped her game and not only does she use words like, "uber," "fantastic," "parched," "hydrated," in the correct context, but she now defines the words after she uses them! Ha!

For example, the last week I was on the phone talking to my mother. I told my mom that, "....Katy just devoured her lunch..." Katy chimed in and said, "Devour means to gobble up really, really fast!"

Another example, we were reading a book from the library and one of the words I read out loud was, "enormous." I paused to ask Katy if she knew what "enormous" meant. She then replied, "Enormous means the opposite of puny."

We were at my grandmother's apartment, this past week. Katy was running around, wreaking havoc on the place- asking about people pictured in the many frames she has laying around, asking where my grandmother had acquired the various knick-knacks strewn across her shelves, etc. Katy picked up a small porcelain world globe. My grandmother started to say, "Be careful, Katy- that globe is really fragile...." Katy then finished my grandmother's sentence and said, "I know, Grandma. Fragile means really, really breakable. I'll be careful."

Sentence of the Day- Really, really

The other night, Ted had just gotten home from work. As always, Katy was excited to see him and she greeted him at the door with a big hug. Then, she exclaimed, "Daddy, Daddy, Daddy!! Guess what?? I've got something uber, uber, uber exciting to tell you!!" We promptly forgot what the "news" was, but we definitely got a chuckle out of her excitement and use of, "uber."

I have no clue where she heard that one....!

*Update- At last night's Fourth of July fireworks, Katy yelled over the commotion to tell us that the fireworks display was, "....uber, uber COOL!!"

Selfie

Katy's selfie

Katy's Uncle Rob and Aunt Julie got Katy a camera for her birthday, back in February (Thank you!). She LOVES it!! It's a kid-friendly camera and has lots of fun features (camera, funny props, video). She's had a blast running around taking pictures of whatever strikes her fancy.

I recently took a moment to flip through the pictures on her camera. There's a lot of blurry ones, but there's also some decent pictures, too. The one that made me laugh, though, is the picture above. When I came across it, I asked Katy who took this picture of her (Katy's the only one that uses that camera). Very nonchalant and matter-of-factly, she replied, "I took it- it's a selfie."

Omigoodness- I nearly died laughing! Where, oh, where does she come up with these things??! It's not like Ted or I go around spouting off pop-culture terms like, "selfie." From the looks of this selfie, I think we're in trouble, come ten more years, or so..... what do you think??!!

Sentence of the Day- Lost in Translation

Recently, we've had a couple of instances where we've said something and Katy totally takes the phrase literally and it all ends up in a chuckle.

For example;

Last weekend, my sister and her family were in town for Memorial Day weekend. We went to church on Sunday morning. As we were walking into the building, we told Katy to, "....show Molly (her cousin) the ropes (at Sunday School)." Confused, Katy looks around and after careful consideration tells us, "...but there AREN'T any ropes in our class!" Ha!

Also last weekend, my sister and her hubby were kind enough to get some donuts for us, one morning. They got a chocolate sprinkle donut, just for Katy. When I called Katy to the breakfast table, I told her, "Katy! There's a special donut here- with your name on it!" Excitedly, she came running and climbed up to the counter. She took one glance at the donuts and frowned. Then, she said, "None of these donuts have letters on them! I don't see my name!" Double ha!

Too, too funny! Guess we'll need to work on the meanings of social idioms and phrases...

Sentence of the Day- Spelling Bee

Slowly, but surely, Katy has been expressing more interest in letters and the fact that letters make up words. Ted and I have been trying to encourage her interests by pointing out letters and words and getting her to try and identify words and letters.

Today, we were sitting at lunch and Katy was asking me how to spell different words. She asked me how to spell, "Chair," Cheese," "Yes," "No," etc., etc. Being the auditory learner that she is, I was careful to sound it out and say the letters verbally. Afterwards, Katy would repeat the spellings back to me. We went back and forth for awhile, in this manner.

Then, Katy asked me, "Mommy- how do you spell, 'supercalifragilisticexpialidocious'?" (She's been on a Mary Poppins kick, lately.... can you tell??!)

Oy!!

Honey, I'm gonna have to look that one up.....!

Lost in Translation

The newest Muppet movie, Muppets Most Wanted, came out, last week. Of course, we saw it opening weekend!

Katy has been slightly *obsessed* with singing and listening to all of the songs from the movie. One of the songs sung in the movie is, "Working In A Coal Mine." 

Yesterday, we caught her to singing and dancing along to the YouTube videos, at the top of her lungs, "Working in the COLD MUD, Goin' down, down, down... Whoop! About to slip down..." She couldn't be convinced that the lyrics were "Coal Mine" and not "Cold Mud."

Another funny incident of late; Katy has a stuffed animal that plays lullabies when you press it's belly. His name is, "Gumble." Anyway, one of the songs that he sings is, "Pachelbel's Canon in D." Otherwise known as, the "Wedding Song." As we were listening to this song, Katy asked me, "Mommy, why did you have 'greensmaids' at your wedding?" Confused, I asked her to clarify. She responded, "You know- when you got married to Daddy- there were fancy girls standing next to you in green dresses- Greensmaids."

Ooooh! "Greensmaids," "Bridesmaids," Same difference!

Sentence of the Day- "M" is for Heather

Since really focusing on letters, this summer, Katy has been really interested in trying to figure out what letter each word start with. The other night, she spelled "T-E-D" out of her foam bath letters- just by sounding it out! *Proud Mommy Moment!*

Today, she stated, "M is for Heather."
I corrected her and said that, "M is for Mommy."
She countered and stated (very matter-of-factly, I might add), "Well, your name is Heather, isn't it?"

Hahahahah- can't get anything by that one!

"N is for..."

This summer, we've been really working with Katy to help her learn her letters. Yesterday, we were going through some of the letters. Ted or I would say, "A is for...." (etc.) and expect Katy to finish the sentence with a corresponding word.

Ted, "A is for..."

Katy, "... apple!"

Ted, "K is for..."

Katy, "... Katy!"

Ted, "N is for..."

Katy, "... gnocchi!"

Hahahaha! Ted and I were cracking up that of all the words Lil' Miss could have selected (right, or wrong) to go with the letter "N," she picked the word "gnocchi."

Sentence of the Day- "Hello, My Name Is..."

Today we were walking around the drug store and Katy was dancing and singing. Amused at her antics, an older gentleman asked Katy what her name was. Before I could respond, Katy replies, "My name is Katy. But Mommy calls me 'Kathryn' when I'm in trouble." Hahhaha... at least she knows the drill!

Sentence of the Day- Rhyming Queen

Ever since Katy was little, she's been very good at rhyming words. Not all the words are necessarily "words" but they do usually rhyme in sound.

Today, she started telling me that her leg was "itchy." Then, she proceeds to list off words in a sing-song voice that rhyme with "itchy."

Katy, "Itchy, kitch-y, b*&%@...!" (Of course, she doesn't know what it means and I know for a fact that she hasn't heard that word at home!)
Me, "Katy, we don't say that last word. It's not a nice word."
Katy, "Why?"
Me, "Well, Katy, there are some words we don't say because they aren't nice and they hurt other people's feelings."
Katy, "Why?"
Me, "Let's just leave it at that, okay?"
Katy, "Can I at least tell my teachers?"
Me,(Lord, Heavens, NO!) "No, let's just try to rhyme some other words. What other words can we rhyme?"
Katy, "Okay... how 'bout 'witch-y'?"

!!!*sigh*!!!