Minky & Me

Stupid

Susan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 18:22:55 +0000

Minky: “Promise me that you won’t tell mommy this. Sometimes I think mommy is stupid. And sometimes I think you are stupid. Then later I think that you and mommy aren’t really stupid; then I think I’m stupid.”
- told to Dad

Easily, Safely, Learning How

Susan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:20:24 +0000

These days I barely write down the pithy things Coco says. I have a note in my phone about the above phrase but I am not sure anymore what it was in reference to, though it had to do with something I don’t like her doing, like using an extra sharp knife to cut things or closing the car door without help.

Our little dear thinks she is far older than she is and gets quite ticked off when we tell her she can’t do things that we see as potentially dangerous. If you saw the way she waves a knife around, you’d have a better idea about what I mean.

Brain Freeze

Susan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:15:46 +0000

Coco: “Brain freeze does nothing; brainwash does. Now you know it doesn’t do any harm. I learned this from Ruff Ruffman (a PBS children’s show).

A Lecture

Susan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:14:14 +0000

Recently, we were at the dining room table. Coco had done something–I cannot remember the offense anymore–and I told her that if she did that again she would get a lecture.

“Is that when someone farts on your head?” she asked, trying to be funny.

“No,” Larry said, “it just feels like it.”

Parker Pen

Susan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 10:10:57 +0000

Last night, well after the time we said goodnight to Coco, she was in her room writing an illustrated story in the dark. She does this a lot. In I walk and sit down. She tells me about the story: it’s snowing in summer, someone gets squashed by a huge ice cube; it’s very imaginative stuff.

“Hey, that’s my Parker pen,” I said, watching her embellishing her drawings.

“It’s not yours anymore,” was her reply.

Bedtime

Susan — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:19:32 +0000

Bedtime has become somewhat unbearable. It is at least two hours before the little chippy falls asleep.

I just went to check on her and she told me she had been crying. When I asked why, she said that she was crying because she wanted to talk to a member of her family.

Scared

Susan — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:01:52 +0000

I was going on about how brave Coco was, walking into the operating room before her surgery. Her response:

“Yeah, walking in scared as a rat!”

Windmill or Breadmaker?

Susan — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:09:49 +0000

Yesterday driving through Rhode Island we saw a windmill next to the highway. Coco asked if it was a breadmaker. I said no that it was a windmill.

“I know that but is it an electric windmill or a breadmaker windmill?”

What We’ve Been Reading

Susan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 11:23:18 +0000

Coco has been reading Poppleton Everyday and various Henry and Mudge books. She is very excited about being able to read.

Last night I started reading The Phantom Tollbooth aloud. The word glum was in it. I asked Coco if she knew what it meant.

It’s like sad, she told me. Pretty good.

Just for the Life of It

Susan — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:48:52 +0000

As I hugged Coco this morning I exclaimed, “look at all this girl. This is a lot of girl!”

Coco’s reply: “Yeah, except for the man nipples.”

Followed by, “Why did I say that….just for the life of it!”