Little One-isms

Now that She's big enough to have both conversations and attitude, Little One is short on neither.  I thought I'd share some of our recent chats that made me smile...

 
Driving in the car with the radio on:
Little One: "Mommy! Mommy 'scuse me Mommy!"
C: "Yes, Little One?"
Little One: (slightly exasperated) "Mommy this muso, turn down.  I'm tryna sing sompin back here!" 


LO: "Mommy.  I like fly. Little One want to fly."
C: "You want to fly in an airplane, or you want to fly like a bird?"
LO: "Bird! Bird Mama tweet tweet! (in her sweetest most cajoling voice) Please?  Pleeeaaase Mommy, Little One fly?"
C: "Well....when you're big, you can fly an airplane, if you want.  OR, you know what?  When you go to sleep, in your dreams you can fly.  You can fly wherever you want, as much as you want when you are dreaming!"
LO: "Oooooh, Mommy! I like this!  Yes!  Little One sleepy, FLY! (zooming her arms around) Fly, FLY! Fly over THERE! Fly up up UP! Around around FLY! ME!"
C: "Yay!"
LO: (turning serious) "Mommy, please, go home now?  Go home fast now please. Need nap!"


LO: "Oh no.  Oh no oh no."
C: "Something the matter, Little One?"
LO: "Yes mommy.  Zashi (a friend).  Zashi, sad."
C: "You think Zashi is sad?"
LO: "Yes! Cried.  Waahh haaa.  Cry, sad (shakes Her head morosely)".
C: "Little One, Zashi didn't cry.  I don't think she's sad, honey.  She's ok."
LO: "Well....I worry."


At the mall:
C: "Oh look, Little One.  Do you see over there? It's Santa!"
LO: (Looking dubiously at the enthroned guy in red) "N-noooooo....."
C: "Yes, I think that's Santa over there! Do you want to go say hi?"
LO: (looking at me like I'm nuts) "Mommy.  This, Santa? No-no.  No-no Santa, Mommy.  This Man."


Little One lines up all Her bath toy animals along the edge of the tub.  She holds an empty cup and goes down the line, carefully pinching something invisible out of the cup and fastening it to each animal.
C: "What are we doing here Little One?  Are you giving something to all your animals?"
LO: "Yes, Mommy.  Life Jacko."
C: "The animals need life-jackets?"
LO: (pointing out all the water in the tub) "Yes, Mommy! Need life-jacko.  Be safe."    


Pushing Her stroller in the living room, stopping and starting abruptly, sighing in aggravation.
C: "Little One, you're walking in an interesting way today. What's going on?"
LO: (smacks Her hand to Her forehead and heaves a big sigh, shaking Her head) "Ooooh.  Traffic."  
C: "Oh, traffic is bad today?"
LO: "Yes! All this cars come, ina way."
C: "Oh my.  Where are you and baby going today?"
LO: "Drive, mommy.  Tryna find par-king". 


And my favorite is that, according to Little One, in our living room we have decorated a lovely "Cheek-kiss Tree".  Muah!