Esmé (30 months) is still talking a lot. And asking more and more questions.
Like "Why?" Yep, she's discovered that one now. The unending question where you never reach a satisfactory answer as you peel back the layers.
But when we ask the same question, we always get a circular answer.
"I NEED to open the freezer!"
"Why?"
"Because I NEED to open the freezer!"
And that completely answers the "Why?" question as far as she's concerned.
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Yep, she's definitely the queen of circular reasoning. This kind of conversation happens all too often:
Esmé: "You are a yoyodote!"
Mommy: "What's a yoyodote?"
Esmé: "YOU are!"
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I need to recite more scripture with her. I was reading a little book about Psalm 23, when she started correcting me.
"No, Mommy! It's Little Bo Peep! Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep!"
I could have convinced her it was Mary with her little lamb, or Baa Baa the black sheep. But not Psalm 23...
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Self-identity continues to be an issue. But she knows she is NOT a "Sure."
Mommy: "You're a skunk!"
Esmé: "I am NOT a skunk!"
Mommy: "Are you sure?"
Esmé: "I am NOT sure! I am a BOY! AND I am a girl."
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Speaking of boys versus girls, here's how you tell the difference.
Esmé put some lip gloss on me. "NOW you are a girl!" she said.
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We've been studying "green" for "G" week. Here are the results of the very scientific playdough study:
"Blue and yellow make green! Blue and yellow and green make a snake!"
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We're still "working" (or is it "playing") at the potty thing. No pressure or anything; the potty simply sits there begging for use every once in a while...
As Esmé sat there one evening, she folded up her legs. "Look, I made a pretzel!" she exclaimed.
Not quite the kind of "pretzel" I was hoping for on the potty...
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She makes new discoveries every day.
"Are you brushing your teeth?!" she asked excitedly one evening. "What's WRONG with you?"
Yep - apparently I NEVER brush my teeth unless something is terribly wrong...
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I love the way she describes reading. When she wants me to read to her, she says, "Get a book! Talk to the book!"
Alternatively, when we're struggling to get to sleep at night, I've taken to telling her stories in the dark. And when I finish the story, it's "Read it again! Read it again!"
If only I had such a photographic memory that I could simply read it again...
9 comments:
Thanks so much for sharing precious Esme's venture into the complicated English language & reasoning! Love it! Brought many smiles! Give her a big hug from Auntie Susan!
She is so cute and turning into such a smart little girl.
too funny! I bet you have a few good laughs everyday
Now every time I hear the 23rd psalm I will think of Little Bo Peep . . . too funny.
Cute! Ali is convinced that mixing all colors create pink. Everything makes pink, Because pink is the bomb...right?
Wow, you captured a lot of goodies for this TTT.
Your girlie is so cute!
WOW - she is getting so big - look how long her hair is :)
You have seriously remembered so many great things that capture that age. I love it!
Check out those gorgeous eyes....
and little painted fingernails.
I will remember to keep my lips gloss on so that I can be a girl.
;)
ToOdLeS.
Your lucky that Why? is answered so easily. My parents STILL talk about how I would go around the world with Why? questions.
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