The Question Du Jour

Last night, before bed:

"Is a bagel a dog from Sweden?"

It's How you Say It!

TLG's favorite expression is "duh."

"Du-uh" with a whole lot of attitude. The first time "duh" came into his vocabulary was last year. M asked me, "What is this dough thing?" I could only say, "huh?" TLG could only roll his eyes at his very clueless father and say, "Well du-uh!"

Flashback to five years ago. C got TLG the sleeping Ernie doll. I thought it was the cutest thing. I never had a doll that had a tummy that moved up and down when it was sleeping. Plus it snored! Well it terrified TLG. Sadly Ernie was relegated to the back of the toy closet. One evening, TLG told M about Ernie.

"Who is this Arne that TLG's talking about? He says he's creepy." I could only say, "huh?"

*Ernie has now become Scandi.

What have I learned? It's how you say it!

Some Memorable Conversation

I've enrolled TLG in a math tutorial. The broken arm may have limited his physical activities but there's no reason why we can't have a little brain exercise. Besides TLG likes math. On assessment day he was in a terrible mood. He refused to come out of his tent. My pleading turned to threats. Long story short, we got there on time. His bad mood left me wondering how well he would do.

Apparently, I was worried for nothing:

Lady Director: "what do you want to do when you grow up?"

TLG: "I want to go to cooking school."

Lady Director: "You want to be a chef."

TLG: "Of course not. I just want to learn to cook. I am going to be a billionaire when I grow up. I am hiring my brother to be my butler."

Lady Director: "Does your brother know you have plans of hiring him?"

TLG: "No. But by that time, he'll be too old to care."

'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' (another movie night)

It's past bedtime. I just want The Little Guy in bed.

Me: "It's way past bedtime."

TLG:"Can I watch a movie?"

Me: "No."

TLG:"Can I watch a movie?"

Me: "No."

TLG: "Broken arm." (head tilted. eyes big. arm held out)

Me: "It's way past bedtime."

TLG:"Broken arm." (repeat above listed actions)

TLG:"Broken arm." (repeat above listed actions)

Me: "What are we watching?"

He knows how to work it.

I am too tired to deal.

Hans and M.

We were getting ready for bed when out of the blue, The Little Guy asked about Hans.

TLG: "Where is Hans now?"
Me: "uh (looking at tv. CNN is featuring South Africa)...He's in Africa."
TLG: "When will he be back?"
Me: "I don't know but I promise you, you'll be the first one to know when he's back."
TLG: "Just like I'll be the first to know when dad leaves for Moscow."
Me: "Promise" (sigh. Change is hard)

There are changes coming. The Liitle Guy knows it. When M. is not in sight, he asks me
if he's already left for Moscow. I always try to reassure him that nobody's going anywhere
without telling him first.