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Noah with wide-eyed wonder: Bella, did you know tigers are CATS?
Bella nods.
Noah, grinning: Don’t you sink dats SO funny?
Bella looks around, clearly a little put out, and shakes her head no.
Noah a little shocked: It IS funny, Bella. Tigers are CATS!
Bella shrugs and moves on with her life. Guess the wonder of things is lost because she’s 6 and has known for years that tigers are cats.
Typical guy/girl convo happened between my two kids:
Noah: Bella, when you wear dresses you look pretty!
Bella: When I don’t wear dresses do I look pretty?
N: When you wear dresses you look pretty!
B: But when I don’t wear dresses do I look pretty?
N: Uh….you look kind of pretty. <long pause> I mean, you look really pretty!
He’s got about 12 years to figure out that that second response should have been the first response!
Noah and Bella were talking about growing taller mainly because Noah wants to and Bella knows everything. This is how the convo went….
N: I wants to grow taller, Bella.
B: Well, you have to eat vegetables and get lots of sleep and you for sure can’t drink any coffee.”
Yes! I successfully passed on an old wives tale to my children!
Bella’s been in bed for an hour already and is showing NO signs of sleepiness. Between having 2 or 3 loose teeth for the first time ever AND starting First Grade tomorrow how can one possibly get some shut eye?
Noah on the otherhand is three sheets to the wind. But without the alcohol.
I’m going to start making Bella’s school lunch every day and Eric regular lunches as well. Anyone have any great ideas so I don’t get stuck in a rut before I even start? I am terrible at coming up with lunches. Please keep in mind that Bella won’t have a fridge or microwave to put her stuff in.
Last night Bella and Noah met Fire Chief Ken Wells at the fair. Today we drove by the fire department and started talking about the Chief when Bella mentioned that if she were older and he wasn’t married she’d want to marry him. Curious, I asked her why. She said that she likes his name (Ken) and he has a nice voice and he looks good. Trying not to giggle about my daughter having a crush on a man who could be her grandpa I asked her what it was about him that looks so good (it’s not like he was in uniform! 
) ). She said “I like his moustache and his face looks good. If I was older and he wasn’t married I’d marry him.” So there you have it!
Here’s Fire Chief Ken Wells. Ladies, keep in mind that he’s married. And if he weren’t, an older version of Bella would have dibs. (I’m actually proud of her. He’s a very nice man, and he’s a fireman. Good girl!)
The other night Bella was telling Eric about a story she had just read about a little girl’s family being slaves and being set free and such. She couldn’t remember what river the story took place next to. When Eric asked her if it was the Mississippi she replied in a very annoyed tone, “Daaaaaaaaaad, this was a LONG time ago!” Apparently the Mississippi is a new river!
Last year sometime Bella started saying “Good Luck” to Eric and I whenever we left. Eric would walk out the door to work and Bella would call out “Bye Dad! Good luck!” Um, okay. Thanks?
Fast forward to a few days ago when Bella was practicing cartwheels. It’s not pretty. She has my athletic ability. But, she has Eric’s determination, so she kept on. After a while though she came to me and was totally exasperated. “Mom,” she says, “I keep doing ‘good luck’ and I still can’t do the cartwheels!” Having no idea what “doing good luck” means I asked her to show me what she meant. As she threw her hands down and her feet up she did it with her fingers crossed and her legs crossed! No wonder she can’t do a cartwheel!!! Somewhere along the way she got it in her head that if you cross your fingers (and legs too for extra measure?) that gives you good luck and you’ll be able to do things.
After that we had a conversation about what crossing your fingers means, what good luck is and how much those two things actually help people. Needless to say, she’s back to practicing cartwheels the easier way (or so I would imagine…I’ve never been able to do a cartwheel…even after a magic 8 ball said I would be able to do it!).
Check out this video Eric made and listen to what Noah says during the 3rd song as to what the little ones begin to do. So funny!!!
