"Kids Say and Do the Darndest Things" Entries

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~"Obsessive Compulsive" (April 2007, Hallie 15 months old)
Every time I would change Hallie's diaper on her changing table, she always played with the two pictures of Winnie the Pooh that are hung above the changing table. She would usually kiss the pictures and touch them, pointing out the different characters and objects in them. When she is done, I always use two fingers to straighten them again. One day, while I was changing her diaper, she kissed the pictures and pointed to them as usual and without thinking twice about it, she used two fingers and straightened them!? What has her obsessive compulsive mommy done to her?


~"Stolen Doritos" (July 2007, Hallie 18 months old)
We were at my parents visiting and I was on the couch eating Dorito chips. My sister, Stacey, asked Hallie to bring her a Dorito chip, so Hallie grabbed a chip and on her way to Stacey, she ate it! When she got to Stacey, she realized that the chip was gone and looked at her hands, trying to remember where the chip went. Hallie then went to get another chip to bring the Stacey and this time she stared at the chip only to catch herself eating it. When she realized she ate it, she looked at us and started laughing as if to say, "Oops!"

~"Hallie Lingo" (November 2007, Hallie 22 months old)
Hallie calls Grandpa "Papa" and Grandma "Popgra"... sorry Grandma!

~"Dolly Time-Outs" (March 2008, Hallie 2 years old)
Hallie is very good and very realistic when it comes to playing house or mommy with her dolls. Lately, she'll tell me that her baby hit. So I ask her what she'll do and she says "Time out!" She then throws her baby on the floor and counts, "1, 2, 3, 10!" and makes her baby give her kisses and hugs like we make Hallie do when she goes to time out.


~"Daddy's Pregnant" (March 2008)
We've started preparing Hallie for the arrival of her brother or sister, so I've been telling her that the baby is in my tummy. The other night, Cameron was changing and Hallie pointed to his belly and said, "Baby?" Cam was so embarrassed and was convinced he needed to lost weight!

~"Just Eat!" (March 2008)
Hallie takes forever to eat because she is so easily distracted (what toddler doesn't!?). So during every meal, I'm constantly saying, "Hallie... EAT!" (putting a huge emphasis on the word "eat".) The other morning, I was talking on the phone while we ate breakfast (obviously not eating) and Hallie looked at me after I had been on the phone for a while and said, "Mommy... EAT!"

~"Soccer Cheerleader" (April 2008)
Hallie and I went to Cam's first soccer game (through his work, Avery Dennison) last night and she was so fascinated with the game. She would clap and say "Yay!" when everyone else would and every time Cam would do a header with the ball, Hallie would yell, "Careful, Daddy!"

~"Sharing Her Emotions" (April 2008)
Hallie woke up a little early a few mornings ago, yelling "Mommy!" so that I would come and let her out of her room since we have a childproof lock on her door to keep her from wandering around at night. I wasn't quite ready to get out of bed yet, so I rolled over and thought I'd fall asleep for just a few more minutes. When I woke up again, I realized I had slept for another hour and hurried into Hallie's room to let her out. When I opened the door, Hallie was on her bed with her arms folded and said, "Hallie mad!" I started to laugh and asked her why she was mad. She looked at me very seriously and said, "Hallie get out!"