One Word Capture: week 4

Discovering the Past

This is something I started when Abby was little. We would have such interesting conversations and have received many wonderful laughs remembering them. I look at my now 6 (almost 7) year old and am amazed at how much she knows. I don't know if it is because she is the first but she seems so mature for her age. She can carry a conversation with any adult and make perfect sense. In fact she loves talking with adults. I think I stopped keeping track of the things she said at the age of 4. But I want to continue doing this with her and with my other two. Josiah is now 2 years old and he says the funniest and cutest things. So here I am Discovering the past and remembering to remember it!

Abby: age 2.5.

1.One day Abby was standing at my dresser putting on my make-up. My DH walks in and says "what are you doing"? my dd replies "I'm becoming a woman!"

2. I was teaching her the B-I-B-L-E song and she was singing it while she was playing by herself...."I stand alone, on my TIPPY TOES, the B-i-b-l-e"

3. The first time we took our boat out to the lake, Abby asked what the floating things in the water were. We told her they were buoy's. After that every time she would see one she would say "watch out for the boobies"

Abby: age 3

1. Abby never really watched sesame street, so she didn't really know the names of the characters (except Elmo) But her grandma gave her a bunch of sesame street books that use to be her daddy's when he was little. Well one night Abby's grandpa pointed to a character and asked "who's this" she replied "Big duck" (can you guess the right answer? Big Bird)

2. The second character he pointed and asked "who's this" she replied "Oscar the garbage" and of course you know the answer to that one :)

Abby: age 4

1. There was a missionaries daughter that came to visit our church. She was only 2 years old and her name is Victoria. But Abby kept calling her "Bacteria"

2. Miguel and I went on a married couples retreat. But Abby called it "treatment" She would say, "Did you have a good time at your treatment"?

3. The other day we went to go eat at Chile's, and as we were sitting there I pointed at a small beauty mark on Abby's arm. I said "Abby what is that"? and she said "ummmm.... I don't know... a nipple" I died laughing. She got so embarrassed!

4. One day after grooming our little male Yorkie. Abby was petting him and said " Oh mom, you did a great job. He looks like a little Chiualah" (she meant to say Chiuahua) She still calls it chiualah!

5. This is more sweet than anything. When we went for our U/S to find out if we were having a boy or a girl. The Tech asked Abby what she wanted. She replied " a little sister" Well it turned out we are having a little boy! We were so excited. But Abby was silent. Afterwards I went to use the bathroom and she came in with me and she said "mom, it's okay that we are having a boy. I'm just happy to have a brother" I was so proud of her!

6. Instead of asking "when's your due date" she asks "when's your dune date"

7. Abby and went for a Nature Scavenger Hunt and Abby asked me "Mom, are we going to find any little preachers"? I didn't know what she meant so I asked her what she was talking about. She said" you know like little animals with tails and stuff" "OOOOHHHLittle CREATURES!!!"

8.When Miguel was in front of the church congregation announcing that "someone did a number on our shed " Abby heard him. After church, she asked "Dad can I go see what number they wrote on the church shed"?