Kate Convos

Convo #1
[We had just passed a large construction area where there were tractors, bulldozers, and all sorts of outdoor equipment while we were driving home from the grocery store.]
Kate: Mommy, what is that?
Mommy: That's a big construction area.
Kate: Oh.
Mommy: I think they are building some apartments or houses for people to live in.
Kate: No, Mommy.  Building castle.
Mommy: Oh!  They're building a castle?
Kate: Yeah, a BIG castle!  With fireworks!
(I heart her!)

Convo #2
[Daddy had just received some new glasses in the mail to try on and had just put them on.]
Daddy: What do you think of my new glasses?
Kate: [Literally busts out laughing out loud!]  Daddy silly!
[Brian and I both crack up at this!]
Daddy: I take that as a NO on these...

Kate Convos

Convo #1
Kate: MOMMY!  Jack eating feet!
Mommy: Jack is eating his foot?
Kate: Yeah!  Jack eating tail!
Mommy: Oh my goodness, Honey!
(Jack was scratching his foot and then his tail with his mouth...)

Convo #2
(While talking about games to play.)
Mommy: You know what we need to get?
Kate: A bounce house!
Mommy: [Completely taken aback.]  I was thinking more along the lines of Candy Land or Hi-Ho Cherry-Oh, but that's a very good idea!

Convo #3
Mommy: Please don't put your finger in your nose.  Do you need a tissue?
Kate: No, Mommy.  I get bat.
(I couldn't help but laugh out loud.  Fair enough!  But let's please wash your hands when you are done!)

Convo #4
[We had already read books, we had already said goodnight, the lights were off, the stars were on.  It was time for bed.]
Kate: I go potty.
Mommy: You need to go potty?
Kate: Yeah. [Already starting to get out of bed.]
Mommy: We just went potty, sweetie.  It's time for bed now.
Kate: No, I go potty.
Mommy: [Torn between knowing this is just a stall tactic and not wanting to thwart her interest in using the potty.]  Ok, but then it's right to bed after that.
[We use the potty and proceed to sit on the potty.]
Mommy: [After much praise and love and denial of a potty treat.] Ok, honey, let's get wiped and get a new dipe on.
Kate: Mom.  Mom.  Be patient.
Mommy: Uh, what?!
Kate: Mom, be patient.  I go poop.
She had to have learned that at school because we have yet to use that expression in our house!  But I couldn't help but laugh when she said it.

Kate Convos

Convo #1
[We had just stopped at Jeni's Ice Cream after our dinner at Haiku.  I normally share my scoop with Kate.  We had just placed our single cup order and sat down to enjoy.]
Kate: No, Mommy.
Mommy: You don't want me to have any of your ice cream?
Kate: No, Mommy.

Convo #2
[While driving home from school/work.]
Kate: Oh, man!
Mommy: What happened, Sweetie?
Kate: All leaves fall down.
[Apparently Kate witnessed a lot of fall leaves falling from the trees onto the road.]

Convo #3
[While walking down the steps.]
Kate: No, Mommy.  No hands.
Mommy: You don't want me to hold you hand down the steps?
Kate: I do it.
Mommy: Ok.

Convo #4
[A Saturday morning.]
Daddy: Daddy's going to shave.  Actually, it's Saturday.  I don't think I'm going to shave today.  I'm good to go right?
Kate: Nope.
(I died laughing!)

Convo #5
[Kate had several toys in the tub that she was playing with while I was giving her a bath.  I had placed the small wash bowl that I use to pour water on her to bathe her on the edge of the tub.]
Kate: Excuse me, bowl.

Kate Convos

In addition to our Tips & Tricks series and our #hashtag series, we're also starting a third series called Kate Convos!  Now that Kate is talking a lot more and putting words together, we know there are going to be conversations that we don't want to forget.  Our Kate Convos is where we will be able to record them!

Here is just a sampling of what we've heard so far!

Convo #1
[Mommy walking down the steps after putting on a magenta zip up.]
Kate: (squealed) PURPLE!

Convo #2
[Mommy turning the lights on in Kate's room in the morning to get her ready for school.]
Kate: (in her sleepy voice) Glasses?
(Apparently it was too bright.)

Convo #3
When I disappear from Kate's line of sight, she stops what she is doing, goes to a central part of the house, like the bottom of our steps and yells.
Kate: MAMA?!
(And calls my name repeatedly until I answer!)

Convo #s 4, 5, & 6
I have starting asking Kate what she wants to be for Halloween.  She's a bit young to grasp this concept, but I figured I'd try.

Mommy: Kate, what would you like to be for Halloween?
Kate: Octopus!
(I put on my thinking cap and got excited about this new project!)

Mommy: Kate, what would you like to be for Halloween?
Kate: Doctor!
(We had stopped by the pediatrician's office that morning!)

Mommy: Kate, what would you like to be for Halloween?
Kate: Papaw!
(Papaw is Brian's Stepdad/Kate's Grandpa.  I have no freakin' clue how I'm going to pull that one off!)

Convo #7
[Mommy and Kate sitting at the table after dinner.]
Kate:  NEEIIIGGGHHH!
(Apparently Kate wanted to play...and she wanted me to be the horsey!)

Convo #8
[I had just sung the first verse of Where Is Thumpkin? while driving home.]
Mommy: Did you like that song?
Kate: [Very matter of factly.] No.
(But then she asked me to sing it for the rest of the ride home - to which I obliged!)

We hope you enjoy this series as much as we do already!