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I am here at the library and just wanted you all to know that my computer at home has ceased to work. Therefore, I will be out of contact until I come back in 1 1/2 weeks and get my other computer. You can call me though!

A Pooky Tory

Last night our daughter decided to read Mommy and Daddy and "Bwudder" a "Pooky Tory." It was Clifford's Halloween. She began:
Pg 1 "I Emmy Lisbet. This Clifford, a big red gog." (The beginning of every Clifford book.)
Pg 2 "Clifford a ghost."
Pg 3 "ooooooooooh! He pooky."
Here we were on the edge of laughing, when
Pg 4 "AAAAHHHH! A ghost! Run for your lives!!!"
Pg 5 "Oh, it's Clifford. The End."

I can only imagine from where that phrase came into my daughter's vocabulary! (thank you cousins!) How funny! I love that she is starting to REALLY talk now. Except when she says things like, "no, Ia notta getta pankin!!!" or when she has just gotten scolded she says, "Mommy, be happy!"
Couple days ago, we were sitting on the sofa with the windows open. I had made prior mention of the cows stinking. Well, I got a whiff of something from outside, but to be sure, I leaned over and sniffed in her direction. She got so indignant and said, "Mom! Ia not a tinky tow!!!" LOL!

What NOW?

All you moms out there know exactly how I feel when I say, "what now?!" I mean really, does she honestly think brothers are for riding just because they are on all fours? And why is it that "Belle" is his prime target when there are 4 other baby toys within reach? And does it really help me when she drags the toy vaccuum across my recently swept up pile of yuk? Why does she ask me 5 times in a row "What are you doing, Mommy?" when the answer is the same every two minutes? How much spit up can one child produce in a day? How much dirt can one pair of boots bring in through the door? And HOW MANY PUNISHMENTS will make a two year old GO TO BED???? Why does everything look the same coming out as going in? And why do telemarketers call at the time when you have to trip 3 times before reaching the phone? Why does your coffee spill all over during your only 15 minutes of quiet time in a day (that one's for you, Chan!)? Why do babies eat paper? and what on earth possesses your husband to come home in the evening and ask, "Why are you so tired????"

Need I say more?