{"id":323,"date":"2009-02-09T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2009-02-09T11:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=323"},"modified":"2009-02-09T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2009-02-09T11:00:17","slug":"conversations-with-a-toddler-vi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ernstrom.net\/?p=323","title":{"rendered":"Conversations with a toddler, VI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;yes, there are more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>How do you turn off the sun?<br \/>\n<\/strong> B: Mom, how do we turn off the sun?<br \/>\nT: We can&#8217;t.<br \/>\nB: Why?<br \/>\nT: Because the sun doesn&#8217;t have a light switch. It just gets light in the morning and dark at night.<br \/>\nB: But how does it do that?<br \/>\nT: Well, the earth rotates on its axis&#8230;<br \/>\nB: What?! The earth. What?!<br \/>\nT: I&#8217;ll explain it later <em>(I think I need to get a globe and a flashlight to demonstrate)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Going to the Ball<br \/>\n<\/strong>B: I&#8217;m just playing in the living room.<br \/>\nT: What are you doing down there?<br \/>\nB: I&#8217;m just getting ready to go to the ball with Cinderella.<br \/>\nT: Oh really. Are you going to dance with the prince?<br \/>\nB: The little polly pocket prince?<br \/>\nT: Yay.<br \/>\nB: No. He&#8217;s too little.<br \/>\nT: Are you going to dance with a pretend bigger prince?<br \/>\nB: He&#8217;s not pretend. He&#8217;s real. Its Daddy!!<br \/>\n<em>&#8230;Then she ran off to dance with Daddy at the Ball that was being hosted in our living room. All the polly pocket princesses were invited.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dinosaurs are bad for our bodies<br \/>\n<\/strong>B: If I see a dinosaur I&#8217;ll just poke him.<br \/>\nT: Poke him? Why will you poke him.<br \/>\nB: Because dinosaurs are bad for our bodies.<br \/>\nT: Oh.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Who made the dinner?<\/strong><br \/>\nB: When you and daddy were babies, who made the dinner?<br \/>\nT: Grandma and grandpa.<br \/>\nB: Who made the dinner when grandma and grandpa were babies?<br \/>\nT: Their mommy&#8217;s and daddy&#8217;s.<br \/>\nB: Oh. Who made the dinner when grandma and grandpa were babies?<br \/>\nT: Well, we weren&#8217;t all babies at the same time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But, mommy is not from LOST<br \/>\n<\/strong>D: Hey Bridget. Who is taller, Jack or Sawyer?<br \/>\nB: Jack.<br \/>\nD: Who is prettier, Jack or Sawyer?<br \/>\nB: Um&#8230; Sawyer.<br \/>\nD: Who is prettier, Kate or Juliet or mommy?<br \/>\nB: But, mommy is not from LOST.<br \/>\nD: I know. Who is prettier, Kate or Juliet or mommy?<br \/>\nB: Kate.<br \/>\nD: Kate is prettier than mommy?<br \/>\nB: Yes, she is.<br \/>\n<em>A few minutes later&#8230;<\/em><br \/>\nT: I wonder if I am prettier than Sawyer&#8230;<br \/>\nD: I don&#8217;t know, but I can find out.<br \/>\n(P.S. When asked I was told that I was prettier than Sawyer. There is hope for me still!)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The store that sells kids<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>This is a conversation between my cousin, Liz, and Bridget in the car one day.<br \/>\n<\/em>L: Do you think one day I could have a cool little girl like you?<br \/>\nB: Yea, you can. Just when you go to the store that sells kids you can find one just like me.<br \/>\nL: The store that sells little kids. Oh. Do you think I can afford one?<br \/>\nB: Yes, you can.<br \/>\nL: How much does a little kid like you cost?<br \/>\nB: Just some quarters, I think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Better than Snow White<br \/>\n<\/strong>B: Mom! I&#8217;m better than Snow White at eating apples!<br \/>\nT: You are? What makes you better?<br \/>\nB: I&#8217;m just better.<br \/>\nT: But why?<br \/>\nB: Because when Snow White eats apples she just falls asleep. I don&#8217;t fall asleep when I eat apples.<br \/>\nT: Well, that&#8217;s because the old lady gave her a poison apple. If you got a poison apple I bet you would fall asleep too.<br \/>\nB: No, I wouldn&#8217;t. I would just say awake.<br \/>\nT: I don&#8217;t think you would have a choice.<br \/>\nB: Not any choices? Why?<br \/>\nT: Because it would be poisoned. The poison would make you fall asleep.<br \/>\nB: No it wouldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nT: Really? Why not?<br \/>\nB: Because I&#8217;m just bigger and bigger.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The way shaving makes you smell<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>The other night Dave shaved and put on some cologne. The following is a comment from Bridget shortly after&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/em>B: Oh, Daddy! I love the way shaving makes you smell!<\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m not on sale<br \/>\n<\/strong><em>Another conversation with my cousin Liz. Note: Bridget is confused between the terms &#8220;on sale&#8221; and &#8220;for sale.&#8221;<br \/>\n<\/em>B: Do you want to buy something at my store?<br \/>\nL: You have a store? What are my options?<br \/>\nB: There are books, or polly pockets, or train tracks.<br \/>\nL: I want to buy you.<br \/>\nB: Noooo. I said books or polly pockets or train tracks.<br \/>\nL: But I want to buy you.<br \/>\nB: You can&#8217;t. I&#8217;m not on sale.<br \/>\nL: Why not?<br \/>\nB: Because I&#8217;m a kid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A big &#8216;ol snot bug<br \/>\n<\/strong>D: What color are you today?<br \/>\nB: I&#8217;m white<br \/>\nD: White, huh? I&#8217;m orange.<br \/>\nB: Mommy, what color are you?<br \/>\nT: I think I&#8217;m green. The color of a big yucky booger. (I wasn&#8217;t feeling very good that day)<br \/>\nD: Ew!! Well, you are what you eat!<br \/>\nT: Gross.<br \/>\nB: And if you eat too many boogers you&#8217;ll turn into a big &#8216;ol snot bug.<br \/>\nT: Oh really.<br \/>\nB: Yea, and then I&#8217;ll blow you a way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Milk<br \/>\n<\/strong>B: Mommy, will you play with me?<br \/>\nT: I need to feed Spencer right now. But I can after.<br \/>\nB: I want you to play with me now.<br \/>\nT: But Daddy can&#8217;t feed Spencer. He doesn&#8217;t have any boobs.<br \/>\nD: Yes, I do. We can try this.<br \/>\nB: (Watching intently as he lifts up his shirt)<br \/>\nD: Do you think it will work? Will Spencer get any milk?<br \/>\nB: No.<br \/>\nD: Why not?<br \/>\nB: Because when you drink milk it just goes down down down to your tummy.<br \/>\nT: (<em>sarcastically<\/em>) Well, its a good thing I drink a lot of milk.<br \/>\nD: How do you think the milk gets into mommy&#8217;s boobs?<br \/>\nB: Spencer just sucks it out of there.<br \/>\nD: But how does it get in there?<br \/>\nT: How do my boobs get filled up with milk?<br \/>\nB: You just drink milk (demonstrating) and it goes down down to your boobs. And they fill up.<br \/>\nD: Does that mean that if you drink enough milk your boobs will get bigger<br \/>\nB: Yea. Then they won&#8217;t be stuck in anymore.<br \/>\n<em>Ironically, I drink less milk than either Dave or Bridget. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Short White Dress<br \/>\n<\/strong>D: Where did you get all of your cuteness from? Was it me? Or mommy?<br \/>\nB: I just got it at the temple<br \/>\nD: Really? You got your cuteness at the temple?<br \/>\nB: Yea, and I got married while I was there.<br \/>\nD: You did?<br \/>\nB: And I wore a really pretty white dress. But it wasn&#8217;t long. It was just short.<br \/>\nD: A short white dress?<br \/>\nB: Yay.<br \/>\nD: You&#8217;re pretty cute, you know that?<br \/>\nB: I know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;yes, there are more&#8230; How do you turn off the sun? B: Mom, how do we turn off the sun? T: We can&#8217;t. B: Why? T: Because the sun doesn&#8217;t have a light switch. It just gets light in the morning and dark at night. B: But how does it do that? 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