Yesterday, Timmy and I were in the van. Upon seeing a sign similar to this one, he solemnly intoned from behind me, "No arrows allowed."
Showing posts with label funny kid stuff. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funny kid stuff. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
The letter of the law
Yesterday, Timmy and I were in the van. Upon seeing a sign similar to this one, he solemnly intoned from behind me, "No arrows allowed."
Puppy love
My beautiful daughter has a beau.
He hasn't declared himself; not in so many words. But every day at school, there he is, eyes bright, big smile, and with a joyful "Hi, Abby!" he gives her a good morning hug.
Abby smiles, greets him in return and hugs back. It's very sweet.
This morning, Abby brought her violin to school for "music share day" in music class. She plans to play the first Twinkle variation, as well as any other variation she might have time for. She's dressed in her concert black, with a big black bow in her hair (a relic from my college days, when such things were actually considered fashionable.)
Her little friend, T., was all excited to see her as usual. And then, he said, "Abby, let me carry this for you, so you don't have to," and gently took her violin case out of her hand.
She looked at me, questioning. Was it OK if she let someone else carry her violin for her?
I told her that it was a very nice thing for T. to offer to carry it, and that it was OK as long as everyone involved was careful.
She's completely oblivious to his affection, of course, or perhaps she does understand but doesn't let on. I think it's adorable and am very glad that she can always look forward to an enthusiastic greeting every morning.
He hasn't declared himself; not in so many words. But every day at school, there he is, eyes bright, big smile, and with a joyful "Hi, Abby!" he gives her a good morning hug.
Abby smiles, greets him in return and hugs back. It's very sweet.
This morning, Abby brought her violin to school for "music share day" in music class. She plans to play the first Twinkle variation, as well as any other variation she might have time for. She's dressed in her concert black, with a big black bow in her hair (a relic from my college days, when such things were actually considered fashionable.)
Her little friend, T., was all excited to see her as usual. And then, he said, "Abby, let me carry this for you, so you don't have to," and gently took her violin case out of her hand.
She looked at me, questioning. Was it OK if she let someone else carry her violin for her?
I told her that it was a very nice thing for T. to offer to carry it, and that it was OK as long as everyone involved was careful.
She's completely oblivious to his affection, of course, or perhaps she does understand but doesn't let on. I think it's adorable and am very glad that she can always look forward to an enthusiastic greeting every morning.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Response from a friend
My high school friend Pam, who lives in Arkansas, sent me this response to my last post, and I got a big chuckle out of it for a few reasons (see below.)
Pam wrote:
I think the whole situation sounds pretty "normal" to me. We hear Spongebob being repeated around our house and don't always realize that is where it comes from until we turn the tv on the next time either. My friend's daughters occasionally get the incredible urge to yell "It's my money and I want it now!" across the house. From the opposite side of the house, the other daughter responds by repeating "It's MY money and I want it now!". (Do you have that commercial in MA? Because if you don't you can't appreciate the humor in the thought of them saying that). It's just more obvious that they are repeating tv and it's much less purposeful than Brian's comment. Maybe that line just struck him and he seized the opportunity to use it since he wasn't in the mood to stop what he was doing at the time...??? The whole scenario suits the comment and maybe he felt it summed up how he felt about the inconvenience?? After all, someone had to say "gag me with a spoon" before everyone else repeated it.
My reasons for chuckling:
Pam wrote:
I think the whole situation sounds pretty "normal" to me. We hear Spongebob being repeated around our house and don't always realize that is where it comes from until we turn the tv on the next time either. My friend's daughters occasionally get the incredible urge to yell "It's my money and I want it now!" across the house. From the opposite side of the house, the other daughter responds by repeating "It's MY money and I want it now!". (Do you have that commercial in MA? Because if you don't you can't appreciate the humor in the thought of them saying that). It's just more obvious that they are repeating tv and it's much less purposeful than Brian's comment. Maybe that line just struck him and he seized the opportunity to use it since he wasn't in the mood to stop what he was doing at the time...??? The whole scenario suits the comment and maybe he felt it summed up how he felt about the inconvenience?? After all, someone had to say "gag me with a spoon" before everyone else repeated it.
My reasons for chuckling:
- Of course, she's right -- all kids repeat what they hear. How else would they learn to talk?
- She's right again, in that Brian used that phrase ("Okay, but it's not as easy as it looks") more or less appropriately -- even if it was rather unexpected, and therefore pretty funny.
- And the biggest thing that made me laugh: I am forever commenting on my friend Naomi's blog about the differences between our worlds because two of my kids are on the autism spectrum. It's nice, and plenty ironic, to get a comment that essentially points out that my world is the same in many ways, too.
Thursday, April 3, 2008
A funny interruption
Brian was holding his beloved bear, Kaloo, yesterday after dinner. Suddenly he threw Kaloo to the floor in disgust, and said in frustration, "I have to use the toilet."
His exasperation at the inconvenience was obvious. He didn't want to do it, but couldn't avoid it.
Our lovely babysitter, J., went to turn on the bathroom light for him, and told him he was all set.
"OK," conceded Brian. "But it's not as easy as it looks."
And now, the inevitable autism addendum (15 minutes later):
I just turned on Caillou for Brian and Timmy, who love to watch episodes on demand. This episode was about a friend who plays the tuba. Caillou asked if he could try, and the friend said (can you guess?)
"OK, but it's not as easy as it looks."
It would have been so wonderful if Brian had come out with that phrase on his own. It's still funny, but I have to say that hearing that line on TV and knowing that Brian still has some delayed echolalia burst my happy mommy bubble.
His exasperation at the inconvenience was obvious. He didn't want to do it, but couldn't avoid it.
Our lovely babysitter, J., went to turn on the bathroom light for him, and told him he was all set.
"OK," conceded Brian. "But it's not as easy as it looks."
And now, the inevitable autism addendum (15 minutes later):
I just turned on Caillou for Brian and Timmy, who love to watch episodes on demand. This episode was about a friend who plays the tuba. Caillou asked if he could try, and the friend said (can you guess?)
"OK, but it's not as easy as it looks."
It would have been so wonderful if Brian had come out with that phrase on his own. It's still funny, but I have to say that hearing that line on TV and knowing that Brian still has some delayed echolalia burst my happy mommy bubble.
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