Nora has a BEST friend, Han-du(Andrew)...they have a love hate relationship in that brother sister way. (I'm beginning to wonder is she will EVER pronounce his name right)
You know the one where each knows exactly what button to push to make the other one get mad and scream. Then the perpetrator looks at you with feigned innocence...
Yeah, that....
But some days one of them will just melt your heart with the care they express. I rejoice in those blessed moments, that Nora has learned so much love for someone her own age.
Nora found the basket that contained all the clothes Kathy, Andrew's mom gave us for Trent. Essentially, hand me downs that we are hoping Trent will fit into. I had washed them here at home in our dye-free, scent free detergent, folded them and packed them away for later.
Despite my washing them, Nora walked in and said, ''Mommy I find these, they smell like my Andrew. We need to get them to Miss Kaffy. These are Andrew's jammies''
(Does anyone else think it's odd my kid knows what her best friend smells like?)
Me, ''Nora those are too small for Andrew so Ms.Kathy gave them to us for baby Trent.''
''No mommy, these ARRRRRE Han-du's, he needs them. We need to get them to his house! It is getting late, we need to hurrrrry.''
Me, ''Babe, they are for baby brother when he gets bigger''
''Mommy, Miss Kaffy needs them for Andrew's baby, they are Andrew's clothes''
Me, ''But those are boy jammies and Ms. Kathy's baby is a girl, her name is Virginia''
''Oh, these are boy jammies?''
Me, ''Yes, you see the monkies on them.''
''Ms. Kaffy was nice? She gives us these jammies for baby Trent. They smell like my Han-du.''
I forget where the conversation went after that. I think Nora argued about Kathy's baby turning into a boy next week. And there might have been a resolution that it was ok for Trent to have Andrew's clothes.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
My Fish Is Lonely
We got Nora a fish for her second birthday...she referred to it as the Dirday Daddy Fish. Don't know why but it made sense to her.
You can read the post about Foofa here: http://soundsfromtheunderpants.blogspot.com/2009/10/fish-and-kitty.html
Nora mentioned to Rich last night that she couldn't see Foofa in his tank. Her explanation was, 'Foofa went night night in his bush''
(Ummm, yeah, we'll go with that he's sleeping or hiding in his bush. In actuality Foofa died about two weeks ago and we removed him. With all the excitement of the holidays she didn't even realize he was gone!)
Nora informed Rich, ''Daddy, I need two Foofa's, Foofa need a friend, so they can talk. He's lonely'' Love that she thinks the fish is lonely.
Small problem.
Foofa is a beta. I do believe that if we put two in the tank they are going to do a little more than talk. More like FishDome 2010 will be going on.
I'm willing to get Nora her two fish, but first I must think up how to explain his disapperance. Suggestions?
You can read the post about Foofa here: http://soundsfromtheunderpants.blogspot.com/2009/10/fish-and-kitty.html
Nora mentioned to Rich last night that she couldn't see Foofa in his tank. Her explanation was, 'Foofa went night night in his bush''
(Ummm, yeah, we'll go with that he's sleeping or hiding in his bush. In actuality Foofa died about two weeks ago and we removed him. With all the excitement of the holidays she didn't even realize he was gone!)
Nora informed Rich, ''Daddy, I need two Foofa's, Foofa need a friend, so they can talk. He's lonely'' Love that she thinks the fish is lonely.
Small problem.
Foofa is a beta. I do believe that if we put two in the tank they are going to do a little more than talk. More like FishDome 2010 will be going on.
I'm willing to get Nora her two fish, but first I must think up how to explain his disapperance. Suggestions?
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Piggy Bank
Nora is really starting to put things together and grasp the BIG wide world. Even at a little over three there are so many concepts she still has to understand.
One being money.
We get asked a lot ''why daddy has to go to work'' or ''why mommy has to go to work''. In most cases, our answer is to make money to pay for things like food and groceries. Then Nora will say, ''AND toys!'' Three year olds have priorities too, mine don't include toys.
Mom and Dad have been visiting for the New Year and Nora has been enjoying Nuggle Chat with the Mimi. Last night, Nora started talking about her piggy bank on the shelf in her room. How daddy had given her lots of poins(coins) to put in it. How she and Han-du(Andrew) jumped and jumped and jumped to get it but could not reach it. Because they are small. But mommy is big and has strong hands so she can get the piggy bank.
(Don't you LOOOOOVE how they explain things sometimes)
My mom promised to give her some coins for the piggy bank in the morning before they left, but Nora was to remind her.
Imagine Nora's excitement when my mom handed her a $1 bill! To Nora bills are MONEY, coins are just things to play with. Poppie tried to reason with her. He handed over two silver dollars in exchange for the $1 but nope, she wanted what she viewed as money.
She begged to take the dollar to the airport with us, but was told no we need to keep it safe.
There are always sad goodbyes with the Mimi and Poppie but Nora did well this time. Going to the airport has become an adventure for her, sitting back there tingling with excitment about seeing the planes, talking about going to TEXAS. If you ask her Mimi and Poppie live at the airport or the Atlanta airport IS Texas. The distance between us is hard to explain, even on a map.
As we curved around out of the airport and back onto I85 the usual conversation started....
''Mommy, I miss my Mimi and Poppie. I want them to come back. I love them. I want to go into the airport and see the planes with Poppie''
''Nora, we can't go in the airport we don't have tickets''
''Moommmmy! We can get the tickets, Mimi give me money so we can buy a ticket ok?''
''That's a very nice thought Nora but you need more money for a ticket''
''OH, Mimi give me more money next time''
And it is true, my mom will probably give her money on their next visit in April because she's a sucker like every other grandparent. I was just astonished the Nora understands that tickets, plane tickets cost money...she's getting big and growing up and I'm watching her lose the innocence one piece at a time.
(Note: I called my mom immediately to tell her about the conversation. Mom says, one day she will buy Nora a ticket to fly her, all by herself to Texas. I don't know if I could ever do that, put my child on a plane without me, too much of a nervous flyer)
One being money.
We get asked a lot ''why daddy has to go to work'' or ''why mommy has to go to work''. In most cases, our answer is to make money to pay for things like food and groceries. Then Nora will say, ''AND toys!'' Three year olds have priorities too, mine don't include toys.
Mom and Dad have been visiting for the New Year and Nora has been enjoying Nuggle Chat with the Mimi. Last night, Nora started talking about her piggy bank on the shelf in her room. How daddy had given her lots of poins(coins) to put in it. How she and Han-du(Andrew) jumped and jumped and jumped to get it but could not reach it. Because they are small. But mommy is big and has strong hands so she can get the piggy bank.
(Don't you LOOOOOVE how they explain things sometimes)
My mom promised to give her some coins for the piggy bank in the morning before they left, but Nora was to remind her.
Imagine Nora's excitement when my mom handed her a $1 bill! To Nora bills are MONEY, coins are just things to play with. Poppie tried to reason with her. He handed over two silver dollars in exchange for the $1 but nope, she wanted what she viewed as money.
She begged to take the dollar to the airport with us, but was told no we need to keep it safe.
There are always sad goodbyes with the Mimi and Poppie but Nora did well this time. Going to the airport has become an adventure for her, sitting back there tingling with excitment about seeing the planes, talking about going to TEXAS. If you ask her Mimi and Poppie live at the airport or the Atlanta airport IS Texas. The distance between us is hard to explain, even on a map.
As we curved around out of the airport and back onto I85 the usual conversation started....
''Mommy, I miss my Mimi and Poppie. I want them to come back. I love them. I want to go into the airport and see the planes with Poppie''
''Nora, we can't go in the airport we don't have tickets''
''Moommmmy! We can get the tickets, Mimi give me money so we can buy a ticket ok?''
''That's a very nice thought Nora but you need more money for a ticket''
''OH, Mimi give me more money next time''
And it is true, my mom will probably give her money on their next visit in April because she's a sucker like every other grandparent. I was just astonished the Nora understands that tickets, plane tickets cost money...she's getting big and growing up and I'm watching her lose the innocence one piece at a time.
(Note: I called my mom immediately to tell her about the conversation. Mom says, one day she will buy Nora a ticket to fly her, all by herself to Texas. I don't know if I could ever do that, put my child on a plane without me, too much of a nervous flyer)
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