I am sitting at the kitchen table with Kaity while she does her homework and thought I would take a few minutes to blog since she just had me laughing out loud and I usually forget the funny things before I get a chance to blog them. I was getting her a snack and this is how the conversation went down.
Kaity: What are we having for snack?
Mommy: It's a surprise!
Kaity (with excitement as I put a little bowl of goodies in front of her): What is that?!
Mommy: Pirate's Booty (for those of you who don't know, it is an all natural white cheddar puffed corn snack and it's really good).
Kaity: GROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mommy: Not like a pirate's bum silly. Like a pirate's treasure.
Kaity (in all the silliness of a five year old girl): I don't want to eat a pirate's booty!
Mommy (playing along): Okay, I'll eat your pirate's booty.
Kaity (after eating her Pirate's Booty in record time): That was yummy, can I eat more Pirate's Booty?
This conversation was followed by LOTS of laughter.
Earlier today, on our way to Busch Gardens, Ryan made me giggle too. As we were accelerating onto the interstate he started saying WHEEEEEEEEEE!!! over and over again. He spent a few minutes on his own personal roller coaster (I swear I wasn't even driving that fast). The funniest part is that I was making a phone call (not social, but to a stranger) and she was laughing too. He was so cute and knew it. He can be so full of himself at times!
Last week Ryan and I were on the way to the Y having a little conversation.
Mommy: You woke up really early this morning buddy.
Ryan: Uh huh, uh huh, kiss Kaity school.
Mommy: You wanted to give Kaity a kiss before she left for school?
Ryan: Uh huh, uh huh, Kaity kiss hand.
Mommy: Kaity kissed your hand?
Ryan (with the sweetest look on his face): Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, Kaity kiss hand RIGHT THERE (pointing at his palm).
Mommy: Kaity kissed your hand, right in your palm...oh...Kaity gave you a kissing hand?
Ryan (in his most excited voice): Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh!
Ryan's two big things he does all the time are getting super excited when you understand what he is saying and excitedly saying uh huh, uh huh, uh huh (I think it may end up being a precursor to a stuttering issue, but it is cute now and I am sure he will grow out of it, his brain is just processing faster than he can talk) and when showing us something he forcefully says RIGHT THERE! Like when he spots himself in the mirror he says, "That's me! RIGHT THERE!" or driving down the street he says, "That's Mamo's (his word for Grandma) truck, RIGHT THERE!"
When Kaity got home from school I asked her if she gave her brother a kissing hand and she confirmed it. Turns out, that while I was talking with her teacher, she was saying her goodbyes to Ryan and they gave each other kissing hands. If you are not familiar with the story The Kissing Hand, it is about a little raccoon who is afraid to go school for the first time and wants to stay with his mom. His mom kisses his palm and the warmth of her love flows through him. Whenever he is lonely and misses her he can touch his palm to his face and feel her warmth and comfort through the kissing hand. Then, the little raccoon gives his mom a kissing hand in case she misses him while he is at school. It is a really sweet book and I was SO touched by Kaity's gesture of love towards her brother. It warmed MY heart!
Children are such a blessing and can make you laugh during the most unexpected times. I get so much joy from the little things that they do and thought I would share a few of the cute moments.
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