The girls have some wooden 2D dolls that have magnetic outfits, kind of like paper dolls but way cooler. I was helping Kate put them away the other day, when I found that one of three dolls was missing. I asked Kate if she knew where it was, and she got shifty eyes and said,
"Umm, I don't want to tell you..."
I saw her glance nervously towards the backyard.
"Is she outside?" I asked.
"Umm, yes. I buried her."
?!?!?!
"Why did you do that??"
She said, "Well, we were pretending she died, so we buried her."
Are all 4 year olds so morbid? As I type this, she is telling Faith that all her fairies have died. Hmmmm.
Faith is talking more and more every day, and she is always making me laugh. She likes to narrate every thing she does/feels, much like the guy from Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs. Examples:"Heee hee heee, Laughing! Heee hee ehheee!"
"Waaa waaaaa ahhhh, Crying, waaaaaaaaahhh"
[deep breaths] "Calm down."
[now calm] "Feel better."
[outside playing] "HAPPY!"
[gets handed a bowl of ice cream] "Excited!!!"
[as she's falling down] "Fall down!... I'm Otay!"
[storms away with hands on hips] "Angry!" or "Grumpy!"
I'm glad my child is so in touch with her feelings. With my tutelage, she will soon learn to suppress them along with the rest of society.
As we were dancing the other morning - and yes, most mornings begin with a dance party - Kate suddenly said, "Now, let's dance like girls."I wasn't sure what that meant, then she started doing "ballet". I guess I dance like a guy.
Kate has always been curious, but lately her questions have gotten a lot deeper and more complex. Here are some of her most recent ones:
How did God come alive?
Where do He and Jesus get their power?
Why doesn't Jesus tell anyone when he's coming?
If Satan starts making good choices, will he get a body?
Why did Heavenly Father make dangerous animals?
If people are in a battle, how do they sleep without the bad guys getting them?
Are all mountains volcanoes?
It makes me very thankful that there are answers, and that even a 4 year old can understand (most of) them. :)
4 comments:
Suz,
This post made me laugh so hard I cried. At work. I miss you friend! Thanks for sharing your random thoughts because they truly made my day! PS - Your girls are BEAUTIFUL!!
LOL~ this is great, your girls are so adorable!
Ps Congrats on the baby on the way? (thats why you are thinking of names right?)
The girls have gotten so big! What beautiful children. I had to laugh at the fairy mortality. Alaina is going through a morbid phase, too. She has three imaginary friends. One of them, Kaitlyn, was "cut with a knife" by her other friends Cutter (how apt) and Mocha. I was horrified. She assured me all was well because she put the two offending parties in jail.
I think I need to brush up on my answers to deep questions for when I have a 4 year old!!!
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