jump in

Peanut and mommy were having some breakfast sitting at the table. Peanut had brought some books to the table to look at, one of which was her Magic School Bus book. For those who aren't familiar with the series, the class goes on all kinds of field trips in their magic school bus to learn new things.

Peanut: "I wish I could jump in this book to go to school with those kids"

moving

Mommy: "Peanut, do you know that we bought a new house, and will be moving into the new house?"

Peanut: "And someone will take this house?"

Mommy: "Yes, we'll move into the new house and someone will buy this house from us and move in here."

Peanut: "But what about all my toys?"

Mommy: "We're going to pack up all our stuff and take it to the new house, all your toys and your bed will come with us to the new house and we'll set it all up in your new room"

Peanut: "But Mommy, how can we move my bed without a bag to put it in?"

how I feel

Mommy and daddy picked Peanut up after she was spending some time with her cousins while grandma babysat them...

Mommy: "Did you have fun with your cousins?"

Peanut: "Oh yes, it was fun. But my cousin didn't listen to grandma, he was jumping on the bed and he went too far on the grass and he didn't listen"

Mommy: "Did you listen to grandma?"

Peanut: "Yes, but not my cousin, grandma had to say, 'no no, don't do that'"

Mommy: "How'd that make you feel?"

Peanut: "It made me feel.....distinguished"

too big for me

Peanut was looking at a picture of Daddy when he was a little baby...

Peanut: "How old are you in this picture daddy?"

Daddy: "Oh, just about one years old"

Peanut: "How many ago was that?"

Daddy: "About 27 years ago"

Peanut: "Wo, you're growing way too fast, (walking backwards waving her hands as if she's scared of daddy) you're too big for me, you're too big"

more gymnastics excitement

Peanut was at her 3rd gymnastics class, mommy was sitting in the lobby watching. They finished their warm ups and were starting to get into the instructions for the routine they were about to try. At the last class the instructor would hold up a red sign that said "stop" and a green sign that said "go" and the kids would have to stop/start jumping on the trampoline, Peanut LOVED this game. This time there was something new she just had to leave the class to run to tell mommy, in the lobby with all the other parents...

Peanut: "Mommy, mommy!! They have a yellow sign and you know what it says?! SLOW! I never seen that before!"

grandma saves the day

Peanut was at Grandma and Grandpa's for a while one night while mommy and daddy were out. Before it was time to go back home Peanut had to use the potty (for a #1). Afterwards, her pull up was a little twisted and was causing her bum to itch. Grandma took her into the bathroom to fix it for her so that her bum wouldn't be itchy anymore....

Mommy: "It's time to go now, say thank you and bye to grandma and grandpa"

Peanut: "Bye. Thanks for fixing my bum grandma!"

'teef'

Peanut: "Mommy, why do I have to get new teeth and not keep these teeth?"

Mommy: "Because you need big strong grown up teeth when you get bigger so you can eat all the big foods that you'll need when you're big"

Peanut: "But I kinda like these teeth. I'm gonna miss these teeth! Will my other teeth come back today?"

Mommy: "No, you'll get brand new bigger teeth"

Peanut: "My other teeth will not come back? I really wish they could come back after my new teeth."

Just checkin in

Peanut was in the middle of her gymnastics class. The parents sit and watch the kids in the lobby through a large window. A few of the kids were looking through the window and waving to their parents. Peanut noticed them doing this and looked through the window too. Mommy thought it looked like Peanut couldn't see her so she waved to show her where she was. Peanut began to run towards the door to come into the lobby. When she got there....

Peanut: "Hi mommy"

Mommy: "Peanut, you're supposed to be in there doing your gymnastics with the other kids"

Peanut: "I know, I was just checking if you're doing ok. Are you doing ok?"

Mommy: "Yes"

Peanut ran back in and re-joined her class.

mustache-beard

Peanut: "Daddy, you drink beard (beer) all the time. You drink beard and then you get a beard mustache, you have a beard mustache"

purchasing woes

Mommy and daddy were talking about the possibility of moving, buying a new house...

Peanut: "But how can you buy a house? A house is too big to fit inside the store and pay for it like groceries"

Gymnastics class

Today was Peanut's first Gymnastics class, before we went we ate our lunch and Peanut was trying her best to be patient...

Peanut: "When are we going to go to gynmastics?"

Mommy: "As soon as you're done your lunch we'll go"

Peanut: "Can't we just go now mommy? I'm a little silly at that"

Mommy: "What's silly?"

Peanut: "YOU!"

blackberries

Peanut and mommy were having lunch and mommy had put out a plate of fruits including strawberries, raspberries, oranges and blackberries. Peanut was naming all the colors of the different fruits and when it came to the blackberries:

Peanut: "these ones are kind of purplish-blackilish"

dinnertime woes

During breakfast one morning Peanut turns to mom with a sad face and says:

Peanut: "I don't know which dinner we're going to have"

Mommy: "What do you mean? Why are you talking about dinner? It's breakfast time"

Peanut: "Because I haven't thought about it and I don't know what dinner we're going to have"

a couple of three

Peanut was proudly telling daddy about how she pooped on the potty...

Peanut: "Daddy! I had three poops on the potty!"

Daddy: "That's great! Three!? That's a lot!"

Peanut: "No daddy, three's not a lot, three's only a couple!"

bubble bath

Peanut was in the bath playing with her toys when...

Peanut: "Oops, I tooted."

Mommy giggles

Peanut: "It stinks hey?"

world travellers

Mommy was driving Peanut home from day care and had gone a different way home than usual...

Peanut: "Why are you going this way?"

Mommy: "Just because, it still takes us home"

Peanut: "No, I don't think so. This different world is the wrong way. We can't get home from this world"

Hero

Mommy and Peanut were driving in the car, mommy had put up one of those window sun block things on Peanut's baby brother's window of the car...

Peanut: "What's that thing for on the window?"

Mommy: "It's to block out the sun from shining on him"

Peanut: "Why do you want to block the sun?"

Mommy: "Because it can burn him"

Peanut: "But I could get burned too"

Mommy: "I got one for your side too, I just haven't put it up yet"

Peanut: "Awww, why can't you put mine up tomorrow?"

Mommy: "I can put it up when we get home sweety"

Peanut: "You can?! Mom, you're a hero!"

the big red invisible dog

Peanut got a movie of "Clifford the big red dog" and has watched it 4 times already, and we're sure many many more to come. As a result, the following conversations have taken place:

Peanut: "I wish I could be Emily Elizabeth (the little girl who owns clifford)"

Mommy: "But then you wouldn't be Peanut, Emily Elizabeth doesn't have me as her mommy and daddy as her daddy or a baby brother or live in this house or have all your toys."

Peanut: "That's ok."

Mommy: "Well, I'd miss you, so I'm happy that you're Peanut and not Emily Elizabeth"

Peanut: (in a come-on-already-mommy-tone) "Mommy, it's just for pretend that I want to be Emily Elizabeth!"

The next day...

First thing in the morning Peanut woke up telling me that she was going to pretend to be Emily Elizabeth, and she went to her window, opened her curtains and said "Good morning Clifford! I'll be right down boy!" just like in the movie. Mommy was taking her to day care this morning because mommy had a dr. appointment to go to. The morning went on like this:

Peanut: "Mommy, can I let Clifford inside cause it's raining?"

Mommy: "I thought he was a big dog, he doesn't fit in the house"

Peanut: "No, he can come inside."

Mommy: "Ok, I guess so then"

Peanut: "You can't see him cause he's invisible"

Mommy: "Ok. Eat your breakfast cause we have to go soon"

Peanut: (Puts pretend breakfast on the floor for Clifford. Then finishes up her own breakfast)

Mommy: "Ok, all done? It's time to go so put your shoes on"

Peanut: "First I have to find Clifford. (walks around the house yelling) Clifford, Clifford, where are you? Clifford! It's hard to find him cause he's invisible!"

We get out to the car...

Peanut: "Mommy, can you put Clifford in the back?"

Mommy: "ok sweety"

Peanut: (as we start driving off) "Did you buckle him in mommy?"

Mommy: "Yup, he's all buckled up"

We get to day care and pull into the driveway. Mommy unbuckles Peanut's seat...

Peanut: "Can you please let Clifford out"

Mommy: (Playing along, pretends to let Clifford out) "Come on out Clifford, we're here. He jumped over the seat, he's out now"

Peanut: "No mommy, he's really big, you have to open the back (we have a hatchback trunk)"

actually-properly

Mommy and Daddy were talking to Peanut about what she wants to be for Halloween this year. Last year she was a pumpkin and the year before that a ghost...

Peanut: "Maybe I can be a princess!"

Mommy: "Yeah, you could, or you could be something else, you're a princess every day"

Peanut: "Maybe I could be a witch!"

Mommy: "Yes, you could wear a witch hat"

Peanut: "Or maybe I could be a robot!"

Mommy and Daddy: "Yes, that would be a great costume!"

Mommy: "You could say 'I-am-a-robot-trick-or-treat' (said in a robot voice)"

Peanut: "No, I don't want to say that, I want to say 'Trick or Treat' actually properly!"

one of many musicals...

Peanut is ALWAYS putting on musicals for hours on end where she just sings and walks around in circles and makes up the words as she goes. I decided to write one of these musicals down...

Peanut: "Mom Mom Mom, don't be blue
don't be blue on your lips
Mom mom mom, don't be blue
don't be blue on your neck
Mom mom mom, don't be blue
don't be blue on your face
Mom mom mom, don't be blue
don't be blue on your arm
Don't be fair to the other kids
Mad kids say bad words"

puzzled

Peanut got 2 new puzzles from the store which she was talking about how excited she was to work on after dinner...

Peanut: "Can you open my puzzles for me?" (because they are sealed in plastic)

Mommy and Daddy: "Of course we can"

Peanut: "Cause it's hard work for a small kid like me with no one to help"

Dr. Peanut

Playing with her doctor set...

Peanut: "Here, let me check your heart" (puts play stethescope to mommy's neck...) "Oh, you have a throat in your cough"

Mommy: "Oh no, am I going to be ok?"

Peanut: "Yes, you just need lungs"

When I grow up...

Mommy was reading a book to Peanut about Firefighters, Peanut had once told mommy and daddy that she wanted to be a Firefighter when she grew up...

Peanut: "I like firefighters"

Mommy: "I know, that's what you want to be when you grow up right?"

Peanut: "No, I want to be an ADULT when I grow up!"

we don't need to worry about it

Peanut came up to mommy and in a very fast matter of fact voice stated the following:

Peanut: "Mommy, I kind of spilt some water from my cup"

Mommy: "Where?"

Peanut: "On the table but it's ok, it's no big deal, we don't need to worry about it, it'll dry in a couple of days, it's ok, we don't need to worry, no it's ok"

I can drive

Mommy was driving the car with Peanut and her brother in the back seat...

Peanut: "You're a good driver mommy"

Mommy: "Thank you Peanut""

Peanut: "And daddy is a good driver too, you two drive good cause you're adults. And even when I'm an adult I can drive like you. In a little while I'll grow to adult and then I can drive the car."

mix up

Peanut was playing with her little people characters, where she lines up all of them and they all have conversations and get grouped together in pairs, she's really very meticulous with her organizing of her toys. Mommy overhears two of the characters conversation...

Peanut: "According to my research...I'm a little mixed up"

baby bum

Mommy was changing 3 week old baby brother's diaper...

Peanut: "Awww, look at his cute little bum! He's really cute mommy, we can keep him. I guess we'll keep him"

Mommy: "Of course we will sweety"

Peanut: "Yes cause he's our baby. Unless he stops being a baby, then he'll have to go"