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January 26, 2005
Butt Language
Lani, forgetting it's Wednesday...
Hey. Wow. It's Wednesday. I forgot. Which wouldn't be a big deal if, you know, Wednesday wasn't my blogging day. So now, at the very last minute, I'm going to do something for which my five-year-old, Sweetness, will surely resent me when she's older.
I'm going to transcribe the conversation I just had with her...
S: I can't brush my teeth.
L: And why not?
S: Because my butt won't let me.
L: (hiding smile) Oh. Really? Well, what does your butt have to do with it?
S: It won't let me.
L: Okay. Maybe you can tell your butt that you need to brush your teeth, and really it should just stay out of it.
S: Okay. (glancing over her shoulder and south) Hey. Butt. Stay out of it.(Moment of silence; Sweetness looks back at me.) I don't think my butt understands. We're not talking butt language.
L: (almost exploding with laughter) Oh. Really. Should we fart out a message in Morse Code then?
(Me, breaking down laughing hysterically at my own joke, whilst my poor, darling Sweetness cries.)
S: I don't like it when you laugh at me! Don't laugh at me!
And thus, the mother-daughter dynamic begins in my family. Can't wait to see what happens with Light.
Posted by Lani at 8:36 PM | Comments (5)
Comments
Don't tell her but I laughed too (so did my son who came in here to find out why I was laughing).
Posted by: cece at January 26, 2005 9:44 PM
Lauren has an evil skull. She always says that her brain told her to be good at school, but her skull told her to do something evil. I told her that her skull was going to have to stand in the corner and she just shook her head sadly and said, 'That's just how skulls are, Mommy. There's nothing you can do."
sigh
Posted by: Alesia at January 26, 2005 10:26 PM
AH HAHAHAHAHAHA
Butts are that way too, it seems. That's just how butts are. Nothign to be done.
OMG, DYING here---DYING of laugh and charm.
Posted by: joshilyn at January 27, 2005 1:42 AM
OMG! I nearly peed myself! OH OH OH! I SO want Jacob to start with a Butt Language convo now! LOL
OH, she will SO hate you when she can read.
Posted by: Jen (MM99) at January 27, 2005 8:28 AM
Hysterically funny -- but you've got to go back and ask her...when did and how does her butt communicate with her other body parts? And post her answer!
Posted by: Eileen at January 28, 2005 12:35 AM
