What does a 3 year old think about?
All summer long, Jason and I kept saying, "We need to write down the funny things that Avery says." Of course we never got around to it, and now I can't remember most of them. But, here are a few that I didn't want to forget...
June 2009 (2 years old) -
(Walking into a grocery store with Jason)
Avery: Daddy, let's get something delicious for me to eat.July 2009 (2 years old) -
(Riding with Dad in the car. They had been listening to a John
Bytheway talk about being
philosophically careful at choosing which path you go down in life. The CD had talked about how you wouldn't blindly get in the car and not ask where you were going. Jason didn't realize that Avery had been listening to the audio book as she stared out the window until...)
Avery: Daddy? Which path are we going on today?August 2009 (2 years old)
(Avery was eating lunch at the table as I cleaned up the kitchen. When I picked up our digital camera, I noticed the memory card was missing. Upon realizing that I had taken it out a few days earlier,...)
Me (frustrated): Great! I think I lost my memory stick.Avery (helpfully): I think I lost my memory too, Mom!Sometimes she is more on-target than I would like. :)
October 2009 (3 years old)
(We had just picked up lunch for a friend at
McDonalds, and we were now headed to her house to eat our meal together. Avery was in shock because I had bought her a Happy Meal. We never buy her the meal, we always just get a big meal and split it. Today the toy had actually been worth the extra buck, so I splurged on it.)
Avery: Mommy! Why did you spoil me like Grandma does?Me: I just wanted to. Because you are such a good little girl, today I wanted to spoil you.Avery (giggling): Oh!! Well, now Mom, you have to spoil me all day!Me: All day?Avery: Yes! And Daddy too!Me: I have to spoil Daddy?Avery: No, Daddy has to spoil me too. All day!Why not milk it for all it's worth, right?
October 2009 (3 years old)
(Driving in the car with me. Avery is always planning for the future.)
Avery: And some day Mommy, when I am big, I will get to sit up there (pointing to the front passenger seat)! When my bum bum is too big to fit in my car seat and I am big like Daddy.I must admit that I began snickering a little, thinking to myself, "Wouldn't Jason like to know that he has a big bum bum?"
Before my thought was complete, however, Avery finished up her thought...
Avery (very excited): And then I will be a Mommy!"Touche.
These pictures were taken at the
Bellingham Marina in August. Avery loves to move it, move it.
