So awhile back you got a glimpse of some of the things Stella has said. Here’s the latest:
Stella: Mom, Mamaw and Pops are 1000 ways.
Me: 1000 ways? What do you mean?
Stella: You know, far. They live in Kentucky.
Two days later she sees a picture of Union Terminal on the TV.
Stella: Mom! It’s the museum! It’s in Kentucky, right? It’s a 1000 ways too.
Me: No, it’s in Ohio.
Stella: Oh, that’s only 100 ways.
Me: Ok.
So now every distance is currently measured in 100 ways or 1000 ways.
Scene: Bedtime. Picking out books to read.
Stella: Mom, can we read “ch” 2?
Me: “Ch”? What’s that?
Stella: You know, “ch” 2. Daddy read “ch” 1 last night.
Me: OH! CHAPTER?
Stella: (with a smirk of realization) Yes, chapter 2 of our new library book.
Me: Got it.
And for those of you who are still with me, this one’s the best. We went to the zoo on Saturday (pictures above) and while I gave Henry a quick snack Andy ran the girls down to see the gorillas. This conversation occurred without me, but she repeated the entire thing word by word, so I know it really happened.
Stella: Look dad, at all of the gorillas. And that one is the momma gorilla.
Andy: How do you know it’s the momma gorilla?
Stella: (serious as can be) Because it has the biggest bottom.
Argh. That’s what I get for marrying a man with a small tight ass. And damn my love of sweets.
Poor mama gorilla. And don’t you just love reaching the chapter book stage.
Love the gorilla story! My girls have noticed the sizes of backsides lately too! Tonight mine were talking over dinner about how G was going to marry little man as soon as he comes out. M said you can’t marry someone in your family silly, you can only marry someone you don’t know. Pretty much!
That totally made me laugh out loud. And something my daughter will probably end up saying some day – damn our husbands and their tight tushies!