Willie: Mama, Ruby is going be just like you when she gets big.
Me: What do you mean?
WW: You know, she is going to have puffy.....
My thoughts: (Oh, dear Lord what is he going to say?)
WW: .....puffy legs.
Me: My legs are puffy?
WW: Yeah....close to the top and they jiggle when you move fast.
Me: Oh.
(Jay leaves the room doubled over to keep from laughing out loud.)
Me: It's pretty though right?
WW: Yeah, on girls.
A full week later I'm still thinking "Really?" He notices thighs? And puffy they are not!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Bubbles and kisses
Just turn your head or your computer....it's worth watching Ruby blow bubbles. Tonight she was giving her daddy goodnight kisses, then Eskimo kisses, then fish kisses, then forehead kisses. Then he taught her butterfly kisses afterwards. She loved them so much she gave butterfly kisses to the animals on every page the The Mitten, the Ukranian folktale she adores. She is every bit that sweet until she yanks something out of Willie's (or Lillee as Ruby would say) grasp. I am having more and more referree moments these days.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Willie's Got a Girlfriend
Conversations at bedtime about Willie's girlfriends at school...it all began when I was talking about my best friend growing up, Shane Cornell. Willie asked me what kinds of things we did together.
Jay: When we were little boys we played ball together and rode our bikes all over the neighborhood. Then when we got older we chased girls together.
Willie: (giggling) Daddy, I think I want to have a girlfriend when I get older.
Jay: Oh really?
Willie: (positively giddy) Yeah, I know who it is too...Kennedy. She's my girlfriend right now.
Jay: Does she know she's your girlfriend?
Willie: Yeah, I told her she was.
Steph: How did you get her to be your girlfriend?
Willie: We went into the tunnel together at school. I asked her, "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" She said, "Yeah." I asked her, "Are you sure you want to be my girlfriend?" She said, "Yeah." I asked her, "Are you SURE you want to be my girlfriend?" She said, "Well, do you want me to or not?" Then we came out out of the tunnel and she said (country voice), "Come 'eer boyfriend!" then I said, "Come 'eer girlfriend!"
Jay: Do you really like this girl?
Willie: Dad, you know I do. If I made her my girlfriend you know I like her.
Jay: What makes you like her so much? Why not some of the other girls in your class?
Willie: Well, Emma tells on me, Callie will fuss, and Charlie don't want me to.
Jay: When we were little boys we played ball together and rode our bikes all over the neighborhood. Then when we got older we chased girls together.
Willie: (giggling) Daddy, I think I want to have a girlfriend when I get older.
Jay: Oh really?
Willie: (positively giddy) Yeah, I know who it is too...Kennedy. She's my girlfriend right now.
Jay: Does she know she's your girlfriend?
Willie: Yeah, I told her she was.
Steph: How did you get her to be your girlfriend?
Willie: We went into the tunnel together at school. I asked her, "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" She said, "Yeah." I asked her, "Are you sure you want to be my girlfriend?" She said, "Yeah." I asked her, "Are you SURE you want to be my girlfriend?" She said, "Well, do you want me to or not?" Then we came out out of the tunnel and she said (country voice), "Come 'eer boyfriend!" then I said, "Come 'eer girlfriend!"
Jay: Do you really like this girl?
Willie: Dad, you know I do. If I made her my girlfriend you know I like her.
Jay: What makes you like her so much? Why not some of the other girls in your class?
Willie: Well, Emma tells on me, Callie will fuss, and Charlie don't want me to.
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