Pretending to be God, growing up, and mollusks
Just a few convos from the past few days…
- CHICK: Mom, what is wine made of?
- ME: Wine? Grapes, mostly.
- CHICK: No, it’s made out of water.
- ME: Are you thinking of when Jesus turned water into wine?
- CHICK: Yes. Okay, pretend you are God. Take my water here, and turn it into wine. And then I’ll say, “Oh my word!”
Earlier today, we were snugging on the couch for a few minutes…
- ME: You’re getting so big, but you’ll always be my baby.
- CHICK: No I won’t, I’m not baby-sized like Garbanzo.
- ME: I know, but you’ll still be a baby to me. Don’t grow up, okay? I need you to stay little.
- CHICK: (with a panicked look on her face) Mom, I can’t! I need to grow big and strong so I can be a grown-up and turn into a mom so that you can be a grandma!
And a few days ago, we were in a nearby country to renew our visas, and we stopped in a grocery store…
- ME: Look, Chick, they have octopus here. Should we get some?
- CHICK: Ew, no!
- KABOB: Oh, I think we should buy some. You might like it.
- CHICK: No, I know I won’t like it for three reasons. One, because it’s disgusting. Two, because I don’t like it. And three, because I’ve never had it before.
Oh man! I almost felt like I was reading captions from our week, just switch out the octopus for something else more “normal!” As Ryan just said, Chick and M really are two peas in a pod. ;o)
Those silly girls keep us laughing that’s for sure.
oh, i so very much like her three reasons.
I was just having the same conversation! Except we’re pulling teeth to get our 2.5-yr-old to eat her hamburger with ketchup. She was dipping it in hummous.