bad brain good brain

Peanut has been a little naughty these days when it comes to listening to her mommy and daddy. So, mommy was telling her that Santa won't come if she doesn't behave (mean I know but something's gotta work!)....

Mommy: "Peanut, I know you can be a good girl, you were before and I know you can be again. I don't know what happened but you lost your good behaviour and we need to get it back"

Peanut: "Well, it's because I lost my good brain, it went away, and now I have a bad brain and it makes me not listen. But oh! I think I see it mommy! There it is, my good brain, it's flying around me, look, I think I can catch it"

Mommy: "Well, how did your good brain get away? If it's a real 'good' brain, it would listen and stay if you told it to."

Peanut: "Well, it likes to run away, and then the bad brain comes in. But look, I caught my good brain"
(she pretends to put the good brain down for a second so that she can take out the bad brain and puts the good brain in after telling the bad brain to go away, she doesn't want it back and then tells the good brain to please stay because she wants Santa to come still)

you better not pout

Peanut was on a big whiney kick where she was whining about everything for a few days straight...

Mommy: "Peanut if you keep up the whining, Santa won't bring you any presents because he only brings presents to the kids who behave"

Peanut: "But mommy, he will bring me presents"

Mommy: "Well, not if you keep up the whining because that's not being a good girl"

Peanut: "But mommy, we already told him in my letter that I was being a good girl and we already sent him the letter, so I will get presents"

frosty bitten

Peanut was playing in the snow while mommy was loading her brother up in the van. Peanut got upset because her hands were cold, when mommy realized that she wasn't wearing her mitts...

Mommy: "Peanut, you have to wear mitts, your hands will get too cold"

Peanut: "And what will happen?"

Mommy: "Well, you could get frostbite"

Peanut: quietly thinks about this for a minute...... "But mommy, how can the snow bite me?"

mini crush

Peanut has a bunch of new friends at school. She was telling mommy all about them when she got to Nathan...

Peanut: "Nathan's really funny, he's got a funny voice. And he's really nice. One time I lost my stuffed kitty doll, I couldn't find it anywhere, and then Nathan found it for me."

Mommy: "That was very nice of him."

Peanut: "Yes, Nathan's a light saver!"

rockstar

We've started having to pick Peanut's clothes out the night before to avoid long changes and I have to admit kind of weird not matching outfits. Mommy had bought a long john set (pants and shirt) for Peanut which she refused to wear thinking it was uncomfy but not willing to try it on. Finally, Mommy convinced her to try it...

Peanut: "Mommy, I love this new shirt, you were right, it's so soft and I love it."

Mommy: "Ya, so now you'll listen to me next time right?"

Peanut: "Yes! Mommy, I love my outfit, everyone will love my outfit. I look like a star, like Hannah Montanna, like I'm gonna rock out!"

Peanut's letter to Santa, 2009

Peanut:

"Dear Santa,

Hi, how are you? I want to tell you what's about the North Pole and your elves and deer and what do you do with your wife, Mrs. Clause?

I would like a Barbie set up, a Poly Pocket rollercoaster resort and a new teddy bear, I want her to be purple. I bet my brother wants a jumping jack, a small one, a really small jumping jack. My brother can have a little blue teddy bear. He can have a little car set up. I want him to have a race car set up. One more thing for me, I would like a baby doll set up with extra diapers cause my baby is going to pee a lot. And poo a lot too. That's the last thing I want for me. Mommy can have a new knit up set up. Daddy can get a Nascar game. Mommy can have a......I want one more thing, I'll have a Santa Clause set up. That's all for Mommy and Daddy will have a football set up....I want one more thing, a little red riding hood set up. That's all that we can get, ok?

I have been a good girl.

Love,

Peanut."

girls rule

Peanut was playing a game on the computer where she had to pick the character she would use. She first picked the boy, then switched it to the girl.

Peanut: "I like the girl face best. I'll try the boy later, but for now I'm not used to it enough"

treats for tricking

Mommy picked Peanut up from day care the day before Halloween.

Peanut: "Can we come and trick or treat at my day care?"

Mommy: "Well, we can see, but it's a little far to walk to"

Peanut: "Well, it's just cause I really want to trick or treat here. I saw what candies she has and I really want to eat the candy neclaces"

Miss. MissYou

Getting ready for work/school one morning while eating breakfast...

Daddy: "Ok Kiddo, I gotta go now"

Peanut: "Give me a hug and kiss! I'll miss you"

Daddy: "I'll miss you too!"

Peanut: "When you get to work and you start to have fun, you won't miss me"

Daddy: "Work's not much fun, and I always miss you"

Peanut: "Well that's what happens to me. I miss you but then I start to have too much fun at school and I forget to miss you"

hallo ween!

Peanut's great aunt came by and dropped off a bunch of stuff, including a box that had a bunch of different things in it. Peanut was going through the box like it was Christmas...

Peanut: "What's this?"

Great Aunt: "It's brown fabric, you can use it for whatever you'd like. Maybe your mommy can make you a costume out of it for dress up or for Halloween"

Peanut: "Yeah! I can be a POTATO!"

(Mommy side note, she won't be a potato. Having to explain to all the neighbors that she is supposed to be a potato and that she asked for it would just be too much. Princess it is!)

friends

Peanut had her first school field trip. When mommy picked her up from school she asked her how it went.

Peanut: "It was really fun! I was in a team with my friend B and her mom. B got a really big pumpkin, her mommy helped her get it. B whines a lot!"

# 1, or 2

Daddy: "What number is this?" (holds up 1 finger)

Peanut: "One"

Daddy: "You're number 1 in my heart"

Peanut: "Well, you're number 2 in my heart"

Daddy: "Who's number 1?"

Peanut: "Me."

francophone

Peanut was telling mommy about how she can speak french...

Mommy: "Do you know what it's called when you can speak two languages?"

Peanut: "No"

Mommy: "Bilingual"

Peanut: "Bianglio"

Mommy: "It a tough one to say, bi....ling...u...al"

Peanut: "bi...ling...u....al"

Mommy: "bilingual!"

Peanut: "bianglio!"

broken bones

A friend in Peanut's class had an accident and Peanut was explaining it to mommy and daddy...

Peanut: "He broke his leg and so he had to go to the dentist and get a bandaid and an x-ray"

its safe to say she likes school...

Peanut was saying her night time prayers....

Peanut: "God, thank you for my school and my teacher and all my friends, please watch over them all and please don't let it all fall apart."

flatcake

Peanut: "My baby brother is flat!"

Mommy: "What do you mean he's flat?"

Peanut: "I just touched him and he feels flat"

Mommy: "What do you mean by flat?"

Peanut: "You know, like a pancake, flat like that"

Mommy: "So you're saying your baby brother feels like a pancake?"

Peanut: "No mommy, HE'S not a pancake, he's flat, LIKE a pancake"

underage road-rage

Mommy was in a rush driving somewhere, when of course the car in front of her was going way under the speed limit, and making mommy very frustrated. Finally the road widened to 2 lanes so mommy was able to pass when from the back seat....

Peanut: "Now get in front of him mommy!"

Daddy: "Why would she do that?"

Peanut: "Cause he was slowing down for her so now she gets to do it back to him!"

in her head

Daddy was getting Peanut ready for bed...

Daddy: "Did you brush your teeth Peanut?"

Peanut: "Yup"

Daddy: "Really?"

Peanut: "You just don't know Daddy, cause you're not inside my head. You don't know what I'm thinking inside my head, cause only I'm in there, you're inside your head, mommy's inside her head, and I'm inside my head"

graphic

Peanut got a bobo on her toe, a oaper cut from stepping on a mess of toys she left out. She was explaining to mommy and daddy how the bobo was...

Peanut: "The bobo was wided open and the blood slided out. There was a big mess of blood"

(actually it was meerely a small paper cut on the side of her middle toe, not even a millimeter)

MJ randomness

Daddy was checking his voice mail on his cell phone when Peanut walked into the room...

Peanut: "Daddy, who are you talking to? Is it Michael Jackson? Cause I would love it if you were cause I love him. He's so great in my head."

focus

Mommy was tickling Peanut while she waited for cake at her cousin's birthday party. As soon as the cake was put in front of her she turned away from mommy and in the most serious face said...

Peanut: "Stop now, I need to focus"

...and proceeded to eat cake.

good girl

Grandma and grandpa were watching Peanut while mommy and daddy were out...

Grandma: "You're being a reaaly good girl"

Peanut: "That's because I'm distracted"

new cereal

Mommy accidentaly grabbed the wrong Oatmeal at the grocery store and didn't realize until breakfast the next morning that it was cookies and cream rather than the usual dinosaur oatmeal...

Mommy: "Sorry kiddo, I bought the wrong kind. I hope you like it"

Peanut: "Yup, I like it."

Mommy: "It's different eh?"

Peanut: "Ya, it's got poop in it"

head-la?

Peanut is 200% sure that Beyonce's new song "Halo" is actually head-la. Mommy has had many conversatioms with her about this and there's just no convincing her otherwise...

Peanut: "Put the head-la song on"

Mommy: "Peanut, it's Halo, like what angels have over their heads, see (google imaged angel halos so she could see)"

Peanut: "No mommy, she's saying head-la or sometimes head-lo. You just have to listen better, you're just not paying attention to what she's saying"

Mommy: "But Peanut, head-lo or head-la aren't even real words"

Peanut: "No mommy, she's saying head-la, I believe you its true"

Peanut was playing mommy with her dolls...

Peanut: "Daddy, I just have to give my babies breakfast. First they're gonna pee, then have a poop, then I'm gonna polish their bums, then I'll give them breakfast"

sweet

Peanut was writing on her chalk board in her room...

Peanut: "Mommy how do you write mommy?"

Mommy: "M. O. M. M. Y"

Peanut: (runs into her room, comes back a few seconds later)..."Daddy how do you write daddy?"

Daddy: "D. A. D. D. Y"

Peanut: (runs bak to her room, comes back a few seconds later)..."How do I write my baby brother's name?"

Mommy: (spells it out for her)

Peanut: "I'm writing I love mommy daddy and brother"

Mommy: "Awww, you're sweet Peanut"

Peanut: "You don't have to tell me"

Mommy: "Huh?"

Peanut: "Cause I'm just nice to everyone, so you don't have to tell me"

missed ya

Peanut came back from her fun week camping with her grandparents and cousins...

Mommy: "We missed you tons! It's not the same around here without you, I didn't like it"

Peanut: "I missed you too! It wasn't the same without you."

Mommy: Awww, thanks Peanut"

Peanut: "It was difficult without you."

Mommy: "What was difficult? Going to sleep?"

Peanut: "Nope. Reading my books, grandma read them but she has a different voice than you."

sneaky treatster

Peanut's day care often takes the kids to Giant Tiger to pick out a special little toy on their way back from the park. One Saturday afternoon at home...

Peanut: "Mommy, do you need to go to the store to get somethings?"

Mommy: "Nope, not today, I got groceries the other day so I'm good"

Peanut: "Well, maybe we can just go to look around. If you see something you maybe need then you can get it"

Mommy: "Well, I know that I don't need anything right now so it's ok"

Peanut: "Well, you can just go to look. I won't even ask for anything but if you see something that you think I might like then you can get it for me"

cat pee

Peanut had a soccer tournament to wrap up the soccer season. At one point when she was on the sidelines taking a break from playing....

Peanut: "Daddy, it smells like cat pee"

Mommy: "What?"

Peanut: "My coach said if it smells like cat pee it's ok, it's just his cat's pee"

(still not too sure what that was all about)

hanner montanner

Peanut has been learning some new songs at her day care because the day care's daughter is 8 and is into all the girl pop music. The latest has been Hanna Montana, which Peanut has not yet learnt all the words, and sings the following on repeat:

Actual lyrics: You get the best of both worlds
chillin out, take it slow
then you rock out the show

Peanut's version: "I got the best of bowwow
if you're ready to rock
if you're ready to roll
you get the best of bowwow
if you're ready to rock
if you're ready to roll...."

songstress

Peanut was singing a new song she heard on a movie she watched....

Peanut: "who says I can't wear my combun with my black dress? It's just me baby, it's just me baby"

Mommy: "What are you singing? Are you making that up?"

Peanut: "No, it's from that movie, with the girl who looks like Hanna Montana but she's not really Hanna Montana, she's like just a princess or something. ...'who says, I can't wear my combun, with my black dress'..."

Mommy: "What are you saying? What's a combun?"

Peanut: "I think it's the french word for shoe"

Mommy: "Um, no, I think that would be soulier"

Peanut: "No, I think it's combun, cause listen, it's 'who says I can't wear my combun, with my black dress'. See, she's talking about her dress, so it must be the french word for shoes"

wishing well

When Peanut is at her day care and they go out for walks, they walk by a water fountain and stop to make wishes and drop coins into the water. Peanut always says her wish out loud....

Peanut: "I wish I could have a sleep over night at my day care"

Day Care Provider: "Here's another coin for your next wish. What's this one gonna be for?"

Peanut: "I can't tell you it's a secret. (then outloud says...) I wish my mommy would let me sleep over night at my day care"

the big fall

Peanut was running outside at day care and took a big tumble and got a pretty mean gash in her knee. Needless to say she was very upset about it for the rest of the day. At home at dinner that night...

Peanut: "I'm never going to run again!"

Mommy and Daddy: "Well, it's not that bad, you just have to be careful when you run, pay attention to what you're doing"

Peanut: "No, I can never run, ever again, because I know I'll do that again"

golf

Peanut was playing on the computer and asked her daddy to get her onto the "golf game"...

Daddy: "Where do you see a golf game?"

Peanut: pionts to the game icon on the desktop..."right there"

Daddy: shocked that she knows it's a golf game since the icon doesn't really look like anything to do with the sport..."How do you know it's a golf game?"

Peanut: "cause, see it says T...I...G...E...R...W...O...O...D...S, and that spells golf"

leaky horse

Daddy was getting Peanut ready for bed when she asked him to pretend to be a horse and bring her to her bed. Daddy made it fun and was bumping around so that she had to try to hold on, which she was laughing hysterically at when she ripped a toot.

Daddy: "Oops!"

Peanut: "I don't have to poop. Really I don't. That wasn't me daddy, it was the horse"

hearty eats

Grandma had made a delicious slow cooker meal for us to eat before Peanut's soccer practice...

Peanut: "It's good"

Daddy: "Yes it is. Is it hearty?"

Peanut: thinks about it a second..."No, it's soft"

sign language

As we were walking back to the parking lot after Peanut's soccer game...

Peanut: waving to one of her teammates..."Bye!"

Teammate: waves back, doesn't say anything.

Peanut: "well, I guess she speaks sign language"

noticing differences

Peanut's new day care has a special little boy who has downs syndrome. At the park the day before he took a little spill out of the swing and got his foot stuck in the process (he's fine though)....

Peanut: "I noticed that his eyes look a little different"

Day care: "Yes, they are. There's a lot of people with different eyes. Like chinese people's eyes look different too. He has what's called downs syndrome, that's why his eyes look a little bit different"

Day care's daughter: "and he's just a little bit slower"

Peanut: "Ooooooh, so that's why he fell outta the swing yesterday! Because he couldn't see properly"

Our day care provider thought this was really sweet.

mommy's birthday

today is mommy's birthday.

Peanut: "How old are you going to be today mommy?"

Mommy: "29"

Peanut: "Oh my goodness! That's A LOT of counting!"

Mommy: "Oh really? It's not that bad"

Peanut: "You'd have to count all night and all day to get to 29!"

not my color

Mommy and daddy were painting the dining room while Peanut was asleep, when she woke up the next morning and came downstairs and saw the freshly painted room....

Peanut: "Wow, I really love the paint. It's really great, I love it"

Daddy: "Really?"

Peanut: "Well, I just want to make you feel good"

Daddy: "Well, you don't have to say you like it just to make me feel good"

Peanut: "But, I don't want to hurt your feelings"

modest artist

Peanut had drawn a beautiful picture of mommy and daddy on their marrying day laying on the grass by a puddle with some flowers and the sun in the sky...

Mommy: "Great job kiddo, it's beautiful! You're an artist, I love it, thank you!"

Peanut: "Don't thank me, thank my pencil and my hands"

missing you

Mommy had to start back at work, maternity leave had come to an end. After picking up the kids from day care on the first day....

Mommy: "I missed you guys today!"

Peanut: "Well, I didn't miss you"

Mommy: "What?! You didn't miss me?"

Peanut: "No, I was so busy playing that I didn't even think about you, cause I was having so much fun!"

time flies

Mommy was slow getting breakfast ready in the morning because she was trying to get the laundry sorted first...

Peanut: "Mommy, can you make us breakfast already?! It's going to be dinner time soon!"

sham what?

Peanut: "mommy, you're just like Sham Wow!"

(totally random)

genius

Peanut was talking in a silly voice, like a british manly voice....

Peanut: "know why I'm talking like this?"

Mommy: "No clue, why?"

Peanut: "Because I want to sound like a genuis and this is a genius voice"

Mommy: "What is a genius?"

Peanut: "I dunno, like someone who talks funny and makes a funny face when they talk to that other people think that they're like a genius when they say things."

After watching the Canada Day fireworks...

Mommy was putting Peanut's baby brother to sleep after the fireworks. Peanut came out of her room (she was supposed to be in bed too) and from the door to the room she whispered to mommy...

Peanut: "Mommy, I think those were the coolest fireworks ever, and I think that was so cool, and I loved it cause it was cool, so cool. I think my baby brother thinks they were cool too, they were the coolest ever. I loved it."

color blahs

Mommy put Peanut in a white tank top with a pretty little off white flower on the side, very cute, however Peanut was not a fan....

Peanut: "It doesn't have a rainbow of colors on it so I look weird in it."

Mommy: "You don't look weird, you look good in white"

Peanut: "Well, I don't like white. It's not my favorite color. I like my white teeth, but I don't like this white shirt."

Mommy: "Ok, well you can change shirts if you want to then"

Peanut: "Well, I'll wear it for you, cause you like it, but I don't think it's my favorite one"

bratty bratz

Mommy also really doesn't like the Bratz dolls, because they are far too "advanced" in their clothing (or lack there of) and makeup choices. At the end of school one day while mommy was helping Peanut change back into her outside shoes in the tight cloakroom of the classroom with all the other mommies helping their little ones into their outside shoes, at the top of her voice...

Peanut: "LOOK MOMMY! HOLLY HAS SHOES WITH THE GIRLS YOU DON'T LIKE!"

caillou

Mommy doesn't like the show Caillou (kids show) because the character in the show is a very whiney little boy most of the time. Peanut wanted to play on the computer on PBS kids, which has games for all the various shows played on that station, including Caillou...

Peanut: "Mommy, can I play on PBS Kids dot orb?"

Mommy: "Oh, I don't know sweety, maybe later ok?"

Peanut: "Well, I promise that when I play you can go in the other room so that if I go on the Caillou game you won't have to hear it cause I know you don't like Caillou cause he's whiney."

dancing queen

Daddy: "You're a great dancer Peanut"

Peanut: "I know, you should put me in dance classes"

under where?

Peanut dressed herself this morning, and after heading to church and then hitting a store and the grocery store then heading home, we noticed she kept picking at her pants...

Daddy: "Are your underwear on right?"

Peanut: "Nope. They're in my bum."

swamps

Peanut and mommy spent the day at the zoo. When they got home they were showing the photos they took to daddy. Peanut was explaining what the animal in each picture was when they got to the swans...

Peanut: "Those are the swamps. They live in the swamp and that's why they have to clean themselves all the time and that's why they're called swamps"

boy parties

Daddy was going to a bachelor party and Peanut wanted to come...

Daddy: "It's just a party for boys, because a friend of daddy's is getting married"

Peanut: "So mommy and me can't come because we're not boys?"

Daddy: "That's right"

Peanut: "So is this boy marrying a boy?"

random question

Peanut: "Where does the sun come from, the aliens or what?!"

new road

The 'worker mans' were busy paving our street and Peanut was watching through the window...

Peanut:"That's so nice of them to put the ash-pot (asphault) down on the road for us. It's so pretty and flat and black, all the kids will love it. Our bikes will love it!"

jokester

Peanut: "Mommy, wanna hear a joke?"

Mommy: "Ok"

Peanut:" What if a bus turned into a bug?"

Mommy: "I dunno Peanut"

Peanut: "Then it's an apple tree!"



Peanut: "What does a butterfly turn into? A bee or a lion?"

Mommy: "I have no clue"

Peanut: "A bee turns into a butterfly!"

voices

Peanut and mommy were out for a walk/bike ride. Peanut was biking up ahead which caused mommy to repeatedly call out instructions and cautions. At one point Peanut turned around asking what, thinking that she heard mommy say something again...

Peanut: "What did you say mommy?"

Mommy: "I didn't say anything sweety"

Peanut: "There's people in my head talking to me"

Mommy: "What are they saying?"

Peanut: "They sound like you and they're saying all the things that you say like 'slow down, move over to the side, wait up, stop, watch where you're going...'"

milk man

Peanut was drinking her milk at breakfast...

Peanut: "Daddy look at my moustache!"

Daddy: "Oh, you better lick it off before it stays ther forever!"

Peanut: "Why? Cause then I'll be a man?"

con-structions

Peanut was looking at one of her kitchen toys of pretend food...

Peanut: "Look, it has writing on the side of it that shows you how to make it....you have to follow the constructions to make the dessert"

it would appear...

Grandma was visiting and sat in a chair that had a couple of Peanut's stuffed animals on it...

Peanut: "Grandma.....it appears you're sitting beside my animals"

loveluvlove

Getting ready to go to church in the morning...

Peanut: "But I think church is boring"

Mommy: "Well, God gives us so much to do everyday that is not boring, and all he wants in return is for us to go to church one day a week to say thank you and to listen to stories about him and Jesus"

Peanut: "Did he give us everything?"

Mommy: "Yup, he gave you mommy, daddy and your brother, and all your family and friends, and your home and everything"

Peanut: "And our hearts? Did he give us our hearts?"

Mommy: "yes"

Peanut: "So that we can love?"

Mommy: "Yes"

Peanut: "Well, I love you"

intimmed

Peanut: "I don't wanna get intimmed"

Daddy and Mommy: "What's intimmed sweety?"

Peanut: "It's when you get scared of something cause someone intimmed you. You know, like when someone is intimidating, you're intimmed"

bouquet o smart

Peanut: "This is a bunch of flowers, so it's called a bouquet. It's not just one, so it isn't called a flower, it's called a bouquet cause it's a bunch"

craptastic

Mommy may have been a little bit frustrated and may have said a bad word in front of Peanut. Later on mommy went downstairs to see what size of a mess Peanut made while going through all her toy boxes...

Peanut: "So mommy, what do you think? Is there a lot of crap down here?"

on turning 4

Peanut: "I'm even bigger than the last time I was smaller last time"

ditry room

Peanut: "Dad, you have to close the dresser drawers cause you wanna make sure you keep the room clean"

Daddy: "Ok."

Peanut: "I don't even fart in my room cause I want to keep it clean"

i calls it like i sees it

Mommy and Peanut were out for a scooter ride when they stopped as a car was coming...

Mommy: "Oh, it's ok, he's turning into that driveway"

Peanut: "I hope he does a good job parking"

Mommy: "You do?"

Peanut: "Yes, I hope he does a good job parking like you don't"

hairscare

Peanut's little brother was crawling all over mommy and clawing, pinching and pulling her hair...

Mommy: "Ouch, that really hurts!"

Peanut: "What did he do mommy?"

Mommy: "He pulled my hair"

Peanut: "I don't want him to pull my hair. Cause then I'll look like daddy"

Mommy: "Do you mean because daddy has no hair?"

Peanut: "Yup, if I had no hair I'd look like daddy, but I want to look like me!"

pride proud

Peanut was on the computer making and coloring a picture. She placed a few lions on the page....

Peanut: "Look mommy, look at all the lions, they're in a proud of lions because they're proud."

a tough audience

After school on the way home, mommy asked Peanut how show and tell went...

Mommy: "What did some of your friends bring in for show and tell?"

Peanut: "Uhhhh, one kid brought in a guy with yellow teeth and mean eyes from Buzz Lightyear"

Mommy: "Oh, the bad guy Zurg?"

Peanut: "I dunno, does he have yellow teeth and mean eyes?"

Mommy: "I think so"

Peanut: "Then yup...but the teacher tried to kiss him"

Mommy: "She did?!"

Peanut: "Yes, she tried to kiss him to make him happy and not mean anymore"

Mommy: "That's pretty silly. Did everyone laugh?"

Peanut: "Yes. But I didn't. The other kids laughed but I didn't cause I didn't think it was very funny"

show n tell

Peanut's started pre-pre-school, and in both of her first two classes they've asked her to bring in something for show and tell, first something blue, and then something red. The next class she'll need to bring something yellow. Sitting at the table for lunch and discussing what she'd bring that is yellow...

Peanut: "Maybe after this time they'll tell me to bring in a toy with a baby human shape, cause I've got one of those and they've never seen that color before!"

talent agent

Peanut was playing on her pretend cell phone when daddy overheard the end of her conversation...

Peanut: "....I'm sorry, you're gonna need to find some talent. Goodbye"

blueblue

Peanut was starting her pre-pre-school and needed to bring in something blue for show and tell.

Peanut: "I know something that's blue that I can bring in"

Mommy: "Oh ya? What?"

Peanut: "BLUE!" referring to her stuffed animal character of "Blue" the dog from the television show - what a smarty she is!

first day of pre-pre-school

Peanut started pre-pre-school today. Mommy picked her up after her 2 hours in class...

Mommy: "So, did you have fun?"

Peanut: "Yup!"

Mommy: "What did you do?"

Peanut: "I don't remember"

Mommy: "You don't remember anything you did?"

Peanut: "Nope"

Mommy: "Did you make new friends?"

Peanut: "Yes!"

Mommy: "What are their names?"

Peanut: "I don't remember"

Mommy: "Did you sing songs?"

Peanut: "Nope, the teachers did but we didn't"

Mommy: "Well, I'm glad you had fun"

Peanut: "Yes, but mommy, it was really really really really really really really really really really really really...long"

Mommy: "What do you mean it was long?"

Peanut: "It was a long day, I thought it should have ended, it was too long for school"

little consumer

Peanut's been introduced to a new television station of Family Junior, which plays kids shows that are a little older and of course has advertisements for all kinds of great new toys that she of course needs all of. One of the commercials was for a contest with a grand prize of a trip to the House of Barbie in Shanghai, China. Whenever it's on, Peanut asks mommy if we can go there, to which mommy replies, no, it's in China...

Peanut: "Dad, if I break my scooter will you get me a Hannah Montanna scooter?"

Daddy: "Yes"

Peanut: "And if I break the Hanna Montanna scooter will you buy me the house of Barbie scooter? You don't have to get it at China, you just have to get it at a store."

hungry man

Mommy and daddy were driving to the store when they decided to stop to grab a coffee from Tim Hortons.

Peanut: "Ya man, lets eat, I'm hungry"

good n plenty

At the grocery store mommy told Peanut to grab a box of dinosaur oatmeal (her favorite). As she pulled the box off the shelf and put it into the cart she noted the following....

Peanut: "Yup, this one looks like it's got plenty of oatmeal in it"

commotion communication

While we were having lunch, Peanut's brother was making all kinds of loud yelling noises and Grandpa came into the kitchen....

Grandpa: "Who's making all that noise?"

Peanut: "It's my brother Grandpa, but he's not making noise, he's making a commotion"

Grandpa: "Oh really?"

Peanut: "Yes, he's making a commotion and it's exasperating!"

brothergies

Mommy was tending to a fussy baby who was making a whole lotta noise while daddy was trying to get Peanut into bed. Daddy closed the door to the room and was tucking Peanut into her bed...

Peanut: "Why'd you close the door daddy?"

Daddy: "Oh, because I was just getting a little tired of your brother's yelling"

Peanut: "Oh. I'm getting tired of his yelling too daddy. Actually, I think I'm allergic to his yelling."

Daddy: "You're allergic to it?"

Peanut: "Ya, you know like how grandma is allergic to dogs and cats, well I think I'm allergic to my brother's yelling"

Daddy: "So, how does it make you feel?"

Peanut: "It makes me kind of angry and timed"

Daddy: "Timed? What does timed mean?"

Peanut: "You know how when you get in a time out and you feel frustrated? Well, that's what timed is like"

oh woe is me

Peanut was in a time out for misbehaving at dinner time. While up in her room, she was yelling and screaming to get out. Mommy went up to listen to what it was she was saying without Peanut knowing that she was there. (The uppercase words are what she was yelling down to mommy, the lowercase is her talking to herself in the saddest little voice between cries).......

Peanut: "MOMMY! CAN YOU COME UP HERE I WANT TO TELL YOU SOMETHING!...oh, she can't even hear me because she's too busy talking to grandma and grandpa and daddy.....MOMMY! I WANNA TELL YOU....oh, I can't even say it......MOMMY! CAN YOU PLEASE COME UP HERE FOR A MINUTE!....oh, she can't even believe me.....MOMMY! I NEED TO TALK TO YOU!....she can't hear me and I'm so sad about it....MOMMY!"

when mommy goes out with friends

Mommy went out for dinner with some friends which only happens once in a blue moon. Peanut didn't want mommy to go, so while mommy was gone she decided to make up a song while playing on her computer game...

Peanut: "I lost my mommy, I love her ever when she's lost, I want my mommy back and I love her and I'm lost in the woods"

Later when mommy got home and daddy told her about Peanut's song...

Mommy: "That's a really good song Peanut"

Peanut: "Thank you! It's called 'Lost in the woods'"

stinky fairy tales

While sitting on the toilet the other night Peanut tooted.....

Peanut: "...and Princess Fart said, 'I don't want to kiss that poop on the head! Send it to poopy town!'".

little worker

Peanut was on the toilet when she called this out to us...

Peanut: "This is my office. I'll send you an email"

Just like mommy

Peanut was trying to be a grown up and act just like mommy.

Peanut: "Mommy, do you sometimes use lip 'glass' on your lips?"

Mommy: "Yes, wjen I have dry lips"

Peanut runs off to get the lip gloss in the bathroom, she returns a minute later with just the bottom of the lip gloss container in her hand...

Peanut: "Mommy, do you sometimes loose the lid?"

Introductions

Whenever Peanut's introducing herself to new people, which is everywhere we go, grocery store, park, street, anywhere and everywhere, she recites this line in one sentence...

Peanut: "Hi, my name's 'Peanut' and I'm 4 and I don't start school yet"

If she goes on to introduce her brother she'll continue with...

Peanut: "My baby's name is Bry-bear, he's 7 months away"

black and bloom

While in the bath, mommy noticed that Peanut had a lot of bruises on her legs as a result of being a kid and jumping around all the time....

Mommy: "You're covered in bruises Peanut"

Peanut: "Yeah, I look like a bruise tree!"

wheelies

Grandma: "You must be getting very good at your scooter now"

Peanut: "Yup"

Grandpa: "Are you popping wheelies now?"

Peanut: "No Grandpa, my wheels aren't popping"

at dinner last night

Peanut: "Cut it up and zip it off!"

money mom

Peanut saw a commercial on tv for a toy that she really wants...

Peanut: "Mommy, can you get that toy for me?"

Mommy: "No sweety, it costs money."

Peanut: "But you have money"

Mommy: "No I don't"

Peanut: "Well you can get some"

Mommy: "Where would I get some?"

Peanut: "I dunno, you can just find some, maybe in your purse"

Mommy: "It doesn't work like that Peanut"

Peanut: "I wish you had money. I wish you had fifty dollars in you and you could get it"

Mommy: "Me too!"

12 questions about mom

1. What is something mom always says to you?

Peanut, don't say no

2. What makes mom happy?

listening and behaving to her

3. What makes mom sad?

when I cry, when I don't let mommy play with me

4. How does your mom make you laugh?

like tickling

5. What was your mom like as a child?

tickling ...(Mommy asked again)... you liked tickling

6. How old is your mom?

80

7. How tall is your mom?

you're uhhhhh 80

8. What is her favorite thing to do?

i dunno

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?

well...you do making breakfast, you make breakfast while I'm wandering around the house

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?

for playing with me and doing great stuff

11. What is your mom really good at?

you're really good at games

12. What is your mom not very good at?

you're good at playing and sometimes you're not good at winning, sometimes I win better than you

cute and hairy

Grandma: "Who's the cutest?"

Peanut: "I am"

Grandma: "Oh, who else is cute?"

Peanut: "My baby brother, and mommy, and you are, but not daddy"

Grandma: "Oh, daddy's not cute?"

Peanut: "Nope, he's got too much hair on his face"

too cool for school

Peanut was on a new kick with the word "cool" thanks to a new show she found on tv....

Peanut: "I'm cool and I'm into cool things, not blah blah regular things"

Daddy: "You're a funny kid Peanut"

Peanut: "No, I'm a cool kid!"

Peanut to mommy: "Don't ever tell me I'm regular.....I'm cool"

Scratchy plants

Mommy and Peanut were waiting in the car at the drive thru for timmys when Peanut noticed there were some berry bushes with thorns on the side of the parking lot...

Peanut: "Mommy, can we walk through that plant?"

Mommy: "Look closely at the branches and twigs, do you think we can walk through that?"

Peanut: "Yes?"

Mommy: "Do you see on those branches those spikey things? Those are thorns, and they'll hurt"

Peanut: "I wish that God didn't put those itchy scratchy plants there that will scratch at me so that we could walk through. I wish that God didn't put those plants on this world"

observationalist

Peanut notices everything, she really has an eye for everthing and it is near impossible to slip anything by her.

Mommy: "You are really quite observant Peanut!"

Peanut: "Yup, observant, that's what my life is"

spelling genius!

In Leons looking at furniture Peanut noticed a sign....

Peanut: "Soa.....S.O.A, that's what it says 'Soa'"

Daddy: "Actually Peanut that sign says S.O.L.D"

Peanut: "Oh, S.O.L.D, that spells sold"

Our little girl is incredible!! So smart!

sleepy eyes

Peanut, grandma, mommy and daddy were sitting at the table eating breakfast.....

Mommy: "Peanut, you look sleepy, are you tired?"

Peanut: "No"

Grandma: "Yes, your eyes look sleepy"

Mommy: "Ya Peanut, your eyes are heavy and you look tired"

Peanut: "No, they're not tired, I'm just making a stylish face, they look stylish"

ridiculous

Peanut was avoiding taking a number 2 because she thought it would hurt. After having a complete tantrum/fit on the toilet she realized that it wasn't actually that bad....

Peanut: "Oh, it's not really hurting, it's not bad mommy"

Mommy: "Oh Peanut, you're ridiculous sometimes"

Peanut: "Am I ever!"

problem solved

Peanut was pretending that her stuffed bear was a baby bear, who sometimes bites. Mommy, playing along, pretended that he bit her, so did grandma and grandpa and daddy. Peanut took him into the other room for a bit then came back...

Peanut: "You can pet him again"

Mommy: "Why, is he listening now? Did you teach him not to bite?"

Peanut: "No, I just took his teeth out cause I was mad at him so he can't bite you anymore"

the mean mads

Mommy was playing with Peanut when Peanut got a little carried away (as she sometimes does) with playing the part of a mean character in the game....

Mommy: "Ok Peanut, I'm not going to play anymore because you're playing mean"

Peanut: "But I'll play nice now"

Mommy: "Why do you always have to make one person mean in your games? Why can't they just play nice?"

Peanut: "Well, cause sometimes the mean just comes into my head and it thinks that I want it in there but I don't want it there so I just get mad cause that's how you get the mean out by being mad"

Computer issues

Peanut was playing on the computer when it froze so bad that even control-alt-delete wasn't working....

Mommy: "Were you clicking a lot of things?"

Peanut: "ummmmm, no"

Mommy: "How long was the computer not working before you told us?"

Peanut: "1 year, January 6th I guess, I dunno"

cccccc--ccc--cold

Mommy had promised to take Peanut to the library but it was really cold outside that day...

Mommy: "Is it ok if we go to the library tomorrow instead? Because it's really really cold outside today"

Peanut: "But mommy, you said we could go to the library this day! We can dress up really warmly with sweaters"

Mommy: "I know, but it's really cold outside today so maybe we should stay in and we can go tomorrow instead"

Peanut: "Well mommy, we can wear our snowpants and dress in all our snow clothes"

Mommy: "Well, your baby brother and I don't really have snowpants and all that warm stuff"

Peanut: "Well mommy, you just need to trust your body. If you go outside and you feel cold you just tell your body it's ok and you'll wear a sweater and you'll be warm and your body will tell you 'I'm not too cold for the library'"

counting peanuts

Peanut: "One, two, free, four, five............ .......twenty nine, twenty ten............ eighty one........eighty nine....uhhhh....... seventeen! Seventeen-one, seventeen two........ seventeen nine..... uhhhh, sixty........sixty nine....uhhhh....... Fivety, fivety one, fivety two....."

bedtime impatience

Daddy was trying to put Peanut to bed. We've moved in with Grandma and Grandpa until our new house is ready and it's a little confusing for Peanut, she thinks it's a vacation...

Daddy: "You're beautiful and so smart and you need your sleep everyday."

Peanut: "But sleeping takes so long in grandma and grandpa's world"

Daddy: "You just need to go to sleep tonight so that you can play tomorrow. God gives us a new day tomorrow to start all over again"

Peanut: "I wish God would hurry up! He is taking forever with this morning time!"

eye resting

Peanut: "You should go to sleep right now daddy, you need to rest your eye balls so they don't fall out!"

Christmas caroling

Peanut was singing Away in a Manger and got a little mixed up with her Christmas songs...

Peanut: "Away in a manger, no place for a babe, the little lord Jesus asleep on the hay, the stars in the night sky looked down where he lay, he's making a list..."

She sang another rendition later on...

Peanut: "The little lord Jesus asleep in his crib, the little lord Jesus lay down his sweet head, the angel came to Jesus and said you are good, Jesus like what the angel had said, then the angel went to Mary and Joseph and they were happy that the angel came there"

In hand

Peanut and mommy were having a talk about her recent behaviour...

Mommy: "Peanut, you need to behave, you're being disrespectful and acting out"

Peanut: "But I was so good at grandma and grandpa's with my cousins"

Mommy: "I know Peanut, but even then you had your moments, sometimes you just get out of hand"

Peanut: "Well, now I wanna be in hand"

the freak out

Peanut: "Daddy, I know you told me not to freak...but I'm FREAKING OUT!"