Thursday, November 20, 2008

What is she saying?

Emma says things sometimes that are far from normal chit chat for a 2 year old. We constantly dote on how smart and talkative she seems to be. Counting to ten, singing along to twinkle twinkle little star, bossing everyone around saying “no brodder (brother) no mam that’s Emma’s ganget (blanket)” or my all time favorite “no mommy, that’s dadoo’s remote”. She is talking like crazy. She may not say everything correctly, but for the most part she gets things across to you. Until this past weekend, I was decorating our Christmas tree... yes I was decorating my Christmas tree in the middle of November. I’m an adult. I can put up my Christmas tree whenever I want. Besides who’s decision was it that there is such a thing as too early to put up your Christmas tree? Anyway, I was decorating my tree when Emma comes up to me and says “Mommy I kill you”……………….. Hmmm…surely I heard that wrong. “What honey?” “I kill you mommy.” Okay maybe I need some help with this one. “Kevin! Can you come here a minute?” “Okay tell Mommy again baby” “I kill you Mommy.” So I asked Kevin what he thought. As I’m sure any other wonderful husband would respond… “sounds like she’s going to kill you.” Before calling the exorcist, I pondered and pondered. I asked Emma to repeat over and over what she was saying. It couldn’t be what I was hearing. I don’t even know where she would hear something like that. Then the following day while home sick feeling like I had been hit by a Mack truck, she starts again “I kill you Mommy” while pointing to a Santa ornament on the Christmas tree. I picked her up went towards the tree and she started freaking out like she was scared. I said “does that Santa scare you?” She shook her head yes and said “Uh huh, I kill you” Ohhhh! Not I kill you… I scare you. I feel so much better. I called off the exorcist and cancelled the order of holy water. Deciphering toddler language is difficult at times.

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