“Lydia, how is your dinner?” I ask her. Silence. “Lydia, is your dinner good?” Absolute quiet. I try a third time. “Lydia! How’s your dinner? Do you like it?” Lydia gives me the Death Look. “Okay, then.”
Category Archives: Lydia
that’s questionable
I often find myself remarking on the amount of questions Lydia asks me during any given day. She questions everything. So this past Monday, I wrote down every question she asked throughout the day, minus all the weird little situations (mumbling, questions while driving in the car, etc.). Here’s what I came up with. ___________________________________________________________ […]
i think i’ve made a huge mistake
Lydia looks up from a room completely filled with train tracks of all sorts to ask, “Can we go outside?” “Sure, once y’all pick up all these train tracks,” I reply. Lydia surveys the damage. “Can we go outside, then pick up the train tracks?” “No, because y’all promised me you would pick up these […]
kitchen complaints, episode two
**in which my daughter perfects the art of backhanded compliments** After we sit down to dinner, Lydia points at her applesauce, crasins, and salad. “Mommy, I like this, this, and this. I am pleased with this.” She looks back up at me and beams. “This is the first time you’ve pleased me!”
kitchen complaints, episode one
I serve the kids some Sunkist with dinner in order to score a few Awesome Mom Points. “What is this orange stuff? What do you call this orange drink?” *takes a sip* “Yuck.”
six year old taco
Poof! Another year gone. And suddenly Lydia is six whopping years old. I would almost swear the years are going by faster. Lydia is really a well-rounded kid. She’s my outgoing child, very athletic and eager to please. She is still very much a morning girl, rising with the sun. I recently invested in a […]
dive dive dive
The kids have really been putting me through my paces this week. There have been a lot of arguments between the two of them, a lot of hitting, spitting, and general brawling. I am very glad we made it to Friday. A few days ago I dragged out the inflatable pool since it was finally […]
curses
Last night we attempted to force some culture on Lydia by watching Ghostbusters. Our conversations throughout the movie went something like this: Steven, referring to a bit of dialogue: “Lydia, don’t say that.” Me: “And don’t say that.” Steven: “And don’t ever say that.” Me: “Don’t use that word.” Steven and Me, together: “And don’t […]
sharp
For the last week, I have been debating on whether I should buy the digital edition of Frozen when it came out this week or hold off another month for the physical DVD. I caved this morning and went for the digital version — the movie is just so cute. Both kids already have the […]
linguistics class
I have come to the conclusion that childhood phonics curricula and Southern accents do not mesh well. Over the course of the past year, Lydia and I have run into multiple anomalies with sounding out words versus the word as we know it. Already we have run across the pin/pen merger, feel vs. fill, and […]