The other day we took Anya and her good friend Eva to the Seattle Children’s Theatre’s rendition of the P.D. Eastman book, “Go Dog. Go!” It was a wonderful play and both kids seemed to really enjoy themselves.
At the end of the play, the actors came out and said hello to all the kids and told them something about what it takes to put on a play and be an actor. Finally they open up the room for questions.
“Does anyone have any questions we can answer?”
Anya’s hand shot into the air and she squealed, “I do, I do!”
We were in the first row so I feared there was a good chance she would get called on. My concern and curiosity got the better of me. “What do you want to ask the man?”
“I want to know what happened in Japan with the earth quake and salami (tsunami) that hurt all those people.”
I didn’t tell her to put her hand down but whenever the actor looked her way I made eye contact and shook my head in a very disapproving way, using any and all my psychic power to put one thought in his head, “Don’t call on this one…”
I’m really glad I asked.
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Anya Climbs the Closet
* there seemed to be some concern over the safety of her hanging from the rod. Chris and I built it; it's burly, can support a lot of weight and isn't going anywhere.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Kid Quote of the Day Digest
Approx. 6 months of Kid Quotes.
September 18, 2010
Kid Quote of the Day:
Anya: I'm just petting the cat with this knife.
Dad: It's never okay to pet anything with a knife!
Anya: It's okay, this is a soft knife.
September 18, 2010
Kid Quote of the Day:
Anya: I'm just petting the cat with this knife.
Dad: It's never okay to pet anything with a knife!
Anya: It's okay, this is a soft knife.
September 24, 2010
Kid quote of the day: (regarding a peice of candy) I want to show Chad and Meagan my choking hazard!
September 27, 2010
Just had a long discussion with Anya about how ducks are not mammals, and that geese do NOT eat baby ducks just because baby ducks are "so small".
She now seems to understand that mammals give milk to their young, but I know there is a very strange image floating around in that little head of hers.
September 30, 2010
Kid quote of the day: [stumbling around first thing in the morning]
Anya: I told Elephant "It's time to get up!"
Dad: Oh, what did Elephant say?
Anya: Nothing dad, he's just a stuffed animal.
October 1, 2010
Kid quote of the day:
Dad: Where is Laika (dog) from?
Anya: Seattle!
Mom: Where are you from?
Anya: Oh I don't know, China?
October 12, 2010
Kid quote of the day: [slurping her last drops of apple juice] That's a sad sound.
October 15, 2010
Kid quote of the night: [as I'm putting her to bed] I love you too daddy, and I don't want you to get eaten.
October 19, 2010
According to Anya, this is what bears eat: Fishes because they are squishy, frogs because they are small, news papers because they (the bears I presume) have sharp teeth
October 24, 2010
A Halloween appropriate Kid quote of the day: Ursula the Sea Which steals my dreams and feeds them to a monster until I don't have any dreams left.
October 28, 2010
Kid quotes of the day: [while playing hide and seek] I'm not here. I'm hiding!
I am the walrus. Coo Coo ca-chooo!
October 30, 2010
Kid quote of the day: [after pouring water all over her bedroom floor] I did it so that Little Mermaid and Flounder could have a place to swim!
November 11, 2010
Kid quote of the Day: [After Daddy "Lost" tonight's tooth brushing competition] It's okay daddy. You can win tomorrow.
November 17, 2010
Kid quote of the night: I caught moon light!
November 18, 2010
Kid quote of the day: [playing go-fish with Grandma in Hawaii] do you have a Humu-Humu-nuku-nuku-apua'a?
November 18, 2010
Yet another kid quote of the day: [at dinner] Grandpa, you need to drink all your beer so you can have dessert.
November 21, 2010
Kid quote of the day: I just found out my cat doesn't like hair clips!
November 25, 2010
Kid quote of the night: [on the drive home from Thanksgiving and otherwise apropos of nothing] I don't want Christmas to come because I don't want a basket of snow in my stocking!
November 27, 2010
Kid quote of the night: [switching out the CDs] I don't like Christmas music, I want to listen to Modest Mouse!
December 1, 2010
Kid quote of the night: Momma giraffes protect their babies from...bears...and...tigers...and lions...and Ursula if she were real!
December 4, 2010
Kid quote of the day: ...and we're going to KILL Ursula!
Dad: Killing isn't nice, honey.
Kid: But Tigers kill antelopes…
Dad: Well it's not nice to kill PEOPLE
Kid: Ursula's not a person.
...Dad: No I guess not. She's a Sea Witch.
Kid: Sooooo....?
December 8, 2010
Kid quote of the day: Dad [to mom] (regarding the light rail line to Ravenna) I wonder if they're boring from the the U yet.
Kid: No they're not boring. They're just dumb.
December 9, 2010
Kid non sequitur of the day: Pink is my favorite color because worms poop dirt.
December 16, 2010
Kid quote of the night: [eating eel at a sushi bar] I ate Flotsam and Jetsam! (the bad eels from Little Mermaid)
December 24, 2010
Kid quote of the day: [overheard singing]
...had a red very very nosey nose...Rudolf with your nose so red, won't you ride my sled tonight and rudolf said, ""yes!""
And that reindeer didn't have a voice to say, and he was always getting into trouble...and he never played any games.
December 25, 2010
Kid quote of the day: [narrating play with little mermaid dolls] Areal: Eric, help!
Eric: you're a big girl you can do it.
January 5, 2011
Weird kid conversation of the day: Kid: [Mentions bird houses].
Dad: what are those like?
Kid: Little islands.
Dad: do Robbins live on islands or nests?
Kid: nests.
Dad: and what are those made of?
Kid: soft feathers and people hands!
Dad:Well what happens to the people?
Kid: they eat with their feet, but then the crows give them their hands back...
January 14, 2011
Kid quote of the day: Maybe a Popsicle would help...
January 20, 2011
Kid scientific theory of the day: [regarding the sky growing lighter in the morning] I know why the sky is turning blue. It's because airplanes are flying in it and making airplane contrails.
January 22, 2011
Kid Quote of the morning: Dad: when you get big you can do all sorts of cool things.
Kid: I want to go play with bones.
Dad: Yeah, you can go to school and be a scientist!
Kid: I want to go play with bones, but I don't want to be a scientist because that's scary.
February 15, 2011
Kid insight of the day: [driving east over 520] wow, pretty mountains! Those look just like the (Magnuson) dog park mountains!
February 20, 2011
Another kid quote of the day: dad (thinking aloud) I wonder where the term "pooch" comes from?
Kid: maybe it comes from Thailand.
February 20, 2011
Kid quote of the day: Dad: Where should we hang this picture of Laika (the dog)?
Kid: Well, Laika is low, so the picture should be low. It should be right here [points to a place about 2 feet off the ground]
February 25, 2011
Kid quote of the day: [reading this page from "Don't the the pigeon drive the bus" where the Pigeon Says "I never get to do anything!"] Yes you do. You get to fly!
March 6, 2011
Kid quote of the day: If people die do scientists have a people dig?
March 12, 2011
Kid quote of the day: Let's play a game called "Blood Bad Guy", I'll be Maria from the Sound of Music.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
kid quote of the moment
(I'm home sick with a mild flu-esque bug).
Anya, serious: Mama, some people die when they're sick. And YOU'RE sick, so [excitedly] hey can we watch a movie??!! (and she bounces off)
Anya, serious: Mama, some people die when they're sick. And YOU'RE sick, so [excitedly] hey can we watch a movie??!! (and she bounces off)
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Thursday, March 3, 2011
A child ponders death
Well, it's not the happiest of subjects for sure, but an informal survey of our friends has informed me that all the 3 1/2 half year olds we know are starting to think about death.
It's sad, a little funny, and fascinating to see her pondering one of the questions that makes humans unique in the world.
For example: Anya asked the other day about what happens when someone's mother dies. "If she doesn't have a mommy who will look out for her?" Which breaks ones heart to hear. I still well up when I think of it.
Other interesting thoughts about death:
I will often hear her playing with her toys and saying things like, "The mermaid is going to die, ahhhh here comes the big rock from space!"
She wonders if, when you die, they throw you away in the garbage.
She thinks when people die they "trip walk", or can't stand up any more, and ponders any number of other impacts death has on the function of ones legs.
Of course she wonders what happens to you when you die and, lacking any certainty on the subject ourselves Amy and I are at a loss to come up with an appropriate answer that doesn't start with, "Well some people believe..."
Anya only knows of a couple of things that have "died". Dinosaurs, who she knows died when a giant asteroid fell from space and landed on them. Various toys which have "died" by either breaking or having their batteries loose charge. And sadly of our dear friend's father and Grandmother (which is really what precipitated this whole interest of hers.)
It's sad, a little funny, and fascinating to see her pondering one of the questions that makes humans unique in the world.
For example: Anya asked the other day about what happens when someone's mother dies. "If she doesn't have a mommy who will look out for her?" Which breaks ones heart to hear. I still well up when I think of it.
Other interesting thoughts about death:
I will often hear her playing with her toys and saying things like, "The mermaid is going to die, ahhhh here comes the big rock from space!"
She wonders if, when you die, they throw you away in the garbage.
She thinks when people die they "trip walk", or can't stand up any more, and ponders any number of other impacts death has on the function of ones legs.
Of course she wonders what happens to you when you die and, lacking any certainty on the subject ourselves Amy and I are at a loss to come up with an appropriate answer that doesn't start with, "Well some people believe..."
Anya only knows of a couple of things that have "died". Dinosaurs, who she knows died when a giant asteroid fell from space and landed on them. Various toys which have "died" by either breaking or having their batteries loose charge. And sadly of our dear friend's father and Grandmother (which is really what precipitated this whole interest of hers.)
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