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2001-02-13 | 03:52:17

i went to a baby shower for one of my favorite people on sunday. she is a hilarious gal, so i'm sure she'll bring her special brand of humor to motherhood.

stealing the show from the mother-to-be, though, was her three-year-old niece. the girl is quite precocious and as cute as a button. when asked if she'd like a brownie, she answered in a perfectly pronunciated, "yes, i would!"

later she ran by her mom, sporting a brownie-stained mouth. "i'm not running," she said as she whizzed by.

her mom, discovering a plate of child-pinched and munched-on brownie leftovers, put the snack plate out of reach.

the little girl snuck into the kitchen and began her hunt for the coveted treat, talking to herself softly (audible over the open bar to the family room):

"i want to eat those brownies. where are they? i need to find them."

her mom walked into the kitchen and was greeted with this response:

"mommy, i'm not doing anything naughty, but i need you to go in the other room."

hahaha! that slays me.

as i and the other lingering guest got ready to leave, she said, "i want you to stay. i want you to stay forever."

"actually, there wasn't an end-time on the invitation," i joked to her mom.

we gathered by the door to go and the little charmer came up to me, smiling.

"i like your shoes," she said. "i like your shirt with the horse on it."

"well, i like your dress with the puppies on it," i said, kneeling down to be closer to her.

"i like your necklace," she said.

"thank you, sweetie girl," i said.

"i like YOU!" she pronounced.

consider my day made!

i know kids can be arbitrary. she told her own auntie once, "i don't like you, by the way." and then when the aunt felt sad and her mother scolded her, she began to sob and hug her auntie, crying, "i like you, by the way! i like you, by the way!"

so i got her on a good day...and enjoyed our mini mutual admiration society. i realized that people with little kids must think how boring life was before their darndest-thing-saying kidlings came along. ok, they're more expensive than cable TV, but pretty darn entertaining, nonetheless.

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