April 29, 2006 @ 9:27 am | Filed under: Family Adventures
Rose: “Mom, how do you spell Latin?”
Jane, looking up from Sunflower Houses
Beanie: “Did you know O has a brother?”
Rose: “How do you spell Japanese?”
Beanie: “The brother of O is Q!”
Jane: ” ‘A state in the South and a one-year-old child…’ Virginia creeper!”
Rose: “How do you spell Gaelic?”
Wonderboy: “Mommy help!” (points at stacking cup under table)
Rose: “How do you spell Chinese?”
Jane: “Do you say PEEanee or peOHnee?”
Beanie: “Peony peony peony! I like that name.”
Rose: “How do you spell German?”
Wonderboy: “Mommy help!” (different cup, now under couch)
Baby: “Meep.”
Jane: ” ‘The child of a suffragette known in our land…’ I know about the suffragettes but I don’t know their children’s names.”
Beanie: (sings) “Oh we were sufferin’…until suff-er-age…not a woman here could vote no matter what age…”
Rose: “How do you spell Irish?”
Beanie: “Until the nineteenth a-somethin’ struck down that ra-structive rule….oh yeah!”
Jane: “Amendment.”
Wonderboy: “Mommy count!” (All stacking cups are now lined up in a row.)
Jane: ” ‘A pleasant expression, and one sharp-edged tool…’ The only thing left is smilax, which fits, but what is it?”
Wonderboy: “Ee! Oh! Eye!” (This is how one counts sans consonants.)
Beanie: “Peony. Penny. Penny Knocknutter. When I have a child I’m going to name her Penny Knocknutter.”
Baby: (noisily fills diaper)
Rose: “How do you spell…oh, no, wait, I know that one. G—R—E—E—K.”
Wonderboy: “Boom!”
(Intersperse responses from slightly dizzy mother as appropriate.)
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Sounds like a lively crew! What fun!
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 11:55 amI love it! So sad that these days will ever end, isn’t it? What will we do for entertainment? I really want to give Beanie a big kiss—her joy is contagious! Please tell her I think Penny Knocknutter is a very fine name.
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 1:03 pmI am laughing soooo hard.
I can only concentrate in short spurts due to my current career. Your example is the main reason.
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 1:33 pmI don’t have quite that many kids to keep up with in conversation at one time but the 2 I do have-and 1 needy puppy–can sound/be just like that most days!! Glad we are normal(?).
I recently decided I have kid induced ADD
Anne
Still giggling…..
I know how you feel- my 2 year old is always into something while the baby is nursing(or one of them is on the changing table), inevitably my 4 year old has just done his “business” on the potty (needing to be wiped). This usually happens while the phone is ringing and my 7 year old is looking for something (usually his shoes or backpack). Our “party of four”.
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 1:52 pmThat makes my own “party of three” not sound quite so overwhelmingat times.
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 2:35 pmEach individual in that party of five is brilliant! I’m loving the name Penny Knocknutter, btw.
Hmm, would Beanie mind if I used it for my next, I wonder . . . .
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 5:34 pmI’m dying laughing over here, experiencing much the same thing. It’s precious, truly, but every so often I say, “go out and jump on the trampoline for 10 minutes”, just so I can hear myself think….although there’s not much thinking going on these past few sleep-deprived weeks! Thanks for sharing!
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 6:54 pmI cannot tell you how hard I laughed when I read this! Especially the baby diaper part. They are so explosive and hilarious when they are breastfed in those early weeks!
Posted on April 29th, 2006 at 7:47 pmWhen my house sounds like that my eyes glaze over and I shout “Calgon take me away!” I love the noisy, joyful chaos of a big family! You are truly blessed.
Love it! Thanks for the glimpse of your day.
Posted on April 30th, 2006 at 6:23 am