Today’s New York Times had a featureette in the Week in Review section where artists were asked to do a portrait of their father and say something their father could do that the the artist never could. I asked Minky to take on this same project. Here is her portrait along with the text, “my Dad is picking up my bed.” I should note that it was important to Minky that I have big chunky legs, knees and elbows.
“You won’t even believe the heck out of yourself.” [said to Mainey when calling her over to see her new dollhouse]
“Oh, my golly gum, don’t tell me!” [said as she opened one of her gifts]
“Prepare to be amazed.” [when playing with two really cool magnet men]
The funniest story from the day before Christmas Eve:
Gramma was visiting us. As I opened a Christmas card, Coco exclaimed, “what the h*ll?” This is not something she ever says, and it figures she chose to say it in front of Layr’s mom, two hours her arrival. We both got mad and told her not to say that again. She walked over to me, put her head down on my shoulder and started to cry. I asked what was wrong and she said, “I really wanted to say, ‘what the h*ll.’”
Last weekend we finally hung up the mistletoe we bought. Before it was hung up, Coco would hold it over her head and say, “Mommy, there’s an emergency here.” Since it’s hung up at the bottom of the stairs now, she’ll start down and call, “There’s almost an emergency here, Mommy” and you have to run to meet her under the mistletoe.
Today at lunch, while I was working, Coco helped herself to a cookie before finishing her sandwich. Grandma asked why. Coco explained that she wasn’t taking care of her health (and therefore eating a cookie instead of lunch). This was the same response that daddy gave Coco the other night when he told her she couldn’t have any more cookies, while he was eating one.
Dressed as a kitty, along with her penguin friend, Lucca, Coco hit the street ready to get some candy tonight. And from what I observed, the apple doesn’t fall from the tree. In addition to loving candy like her parents, Coco is not shy. She marched right up to each door, knocked and shouted “Trick or Treat,” before anyone opened the door! In she strolled to several people’s homes and did not seem to notice me in the doorway beseeching her to come back out.
