Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Quotes from Children

As of late, most sentences that are spoken by Catherine being with the phrase "I want..." It is tiresome have to constantly correct this, and stressful having such a demanding tone ever present. In hopes of keeping our good humor, Bill and I make jokes to each other, that until recently, flew over the head of our eldest child. This morning our first conversation of the day, while lying in bed, went something like this:

Catherine: I want juice.

Bill (to me): From now on Mommy and Daddy are going to ignore all comments that start with "I want."

Mommy giggles.

Catherine: Oh, I need juice.

Yes, the days of speaking as if she doesn't understand us are quite over.

In other, yet similar news, our youngest is talking up a storm. His vocabulary includes words such as phone, bye-bye, da-da, ma-ma, Bast (our cat, and every cat he sees), bath, na-na (music, don't ask), ball, and shoe. He follows directions quite well, when he wants, so we know he understands much of what we say.

Perhaps the most difficult lesson of parent-hood that I am still trying to learn is how to separate adult conversation and not talk about my children as if they don't understand what is being said.