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I thought I'd overheard Bea say something about Zazu-zazu-bah being dead recently, and today, she told my mom the story in a bit more detail where I could hear more clearly what was going on. According to her, one of her other pet unicorns turned ZZB into a sheep and all the other pet unicorns into sheep and goats. Now she has no unicorns (except for babies, which apparently don't count), and ZZB is dead. I'm not quite sure how turning into a sheep equates dead, but oh well. Both the kids are quite nonchalant about it, to the point where when I started to tell Eric about it tonight, Enoch emphatically told us that she was dead, but the part he was upset about was that I was /questioning/ that fact. My kids are very strange. I would think the death of an imaginary friend would usually be upsetting, but oh well. Apparently one of the baby unicorns is ZZB's baby, so maybe she'll grow up to be like her mom. The whole thing has been so funny that I've grown rather fond of ZZB and will miss hearing about her if she is truly gone. Like in much of fiction, however, the death might not be all that permanent. The octopus she used to carry around in a box started out as an undead octopus and at some point transitioned to being a live one, so maybe we'll end up with a zombie ZZB trying to eat the brains of the various pet horses (which are still around) or something.
Bea: Princess Celestia is trapped in a cage.
Me: Oh, is Twilight Sparkle going to save her?
Bea: No, Twilight Sparkle is trapped in a cage too.
Eric: Is Rainbow Dash going to save them?
Bea: No, she's busy making rainbows.
Eric: Is Apple Jack going to save them?
Bea: No, she's busy putting apples back on her farm.
While I'm laughing, she anticipates another question and adds, "Fluttershy is busy...um...um...um...painting pictures."
Me: What about Rarity? Is she going to save them?
Bea: No, Rarity is trapped in a cage too.
Me: Is Pinkie Pie going to save them?
Bea: No, Pinkie Pie is busy making a party.
Me: What about Spike? Is he going to save them?
Bea: Spike is so worried about Twilight Sparkle.
Me: But is he going to save them?
Bea: Yes, Spike is going to save Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle.
Me: Is he going to save Rarity too?
Bea: Yes, he will save Rarity too.
Me: Oh, is Twilight Sparkle going to save her?
Bea: No, Twilight Sparkle is trapped in a cage too.
Eric: Is Rainbow Dash going to save them?
Bea: No, she's busy making rainbows.
Eric: Is Apple Jack going to save them?
Bea: No, she's busy putting apples back on her farm.
While I'm laughing, she anticipates another question and adds, "Fluttershy is busy...um...um...um...painting pictures."
Me: What about Rarity? Is she going to save them?
Bea: No, Rarity is trapped in a cage too.
Me: Is Pinkie Pie going to save them?
Bea: No, Pinkie Pie is busy making a party.
Me: What about Spike? Is he going to save them?
Bea: Spike is so worried about Twilight Sparkle.
Me: But is he going to save them?
Bea: Yes, Spike is going to save Princess Celestia and Twilight Sparkle.
Me: Is he going to save Rarity too?
Bea: Yes, he will save Rarity too.
I strongly suspect that Enoch is left brained and Bea...Bea is very much right brained. She spends a great deal of time just sitting around drawing and she's doing some amazing stuff for a four year old. She gave some drawings to my mom yesterday where she had made very distinct outlines and then colored very neatly within them. She's always been into singing and making up her own songs, but lately it's really escalated again. She sings both songs she's learned from other people and sings about what she's playing. Right now, she's singing about riding on a rainbow unicorn and how many fingers she has. She's so freaking adorable I can hardly stand it.
Spider Woman
May. 14th, 2011 06:36 pmIt's a good thing Eric was at the store. A little bit ago, I went to get Bea up from her nap. She had a diaper cover on with crappy velcro, so had one of the fancy diaper covers from a dress over the plain functional one to help keep it together. In between those two covers? A big old spider. Very startling, to say the least. I mean, how the heck does a spider go up her pants and then under some fairly form-fitting elastic to get up there? Especially since this was a fairly large specimen.
My protective inclinations warred with each other for a moment, long enough for rationality to resume, and I used her pants to scoop up the spider to protect both it and me and took it outside. It was really quite gorgeous, a deep red cephalothorax with a cream abdomen. After looking at it for a minute, I let it go and went back in to change her diaper and then identify it.
Turns out it's a pillbug/woodlouse/etc spider, Dysdera crocata (named for what it eats), and it's one of the most commonly found inside spiders in Utah. Odd, because I don't recall seeing one in the house before. The pictures I'm looking at have quite a wide range of colors on the cephalothorax, from brown to red, so maybe I'm just not remembering a more plain brown one. I'm assuming I've seen them outside at some point, though.
Here is the best resemblance to it that I've found. It was a much deeper red, though. Very pretty, as I said, and fortunately harmless. Still, if Bea develops any super powers in the near future, I guess I better look for a spider bite in her nether regions...
My protective inclinations warred with each other for a moment, long enough for rationality to resume, and I used her pants to scoop up the spider to protect both it and me and took it outside. It was really quite gorgeous, a deep red cephalothorax with a cream abdomen. After looking at it for a minute, I let it go and went back in to change her diaper and then identify it.
Turns out it's a pillbug/woodlouse/etc spider, Dysdera crocata (named for what it eats), and it's one of the most commonly found inside spiders in Utah. Odd, because I don't recall seeing one in the house before. The pictures I'm looking at have quite a wide range of colors on the cephalothorax, from brown to red, so maybe I'm just not remembering a more plain brown one. I'm assuming I've seen them outside at some point, though.
Here is the best resemblance to it that I've found. It was a much deeper red, though. Very pretty, as I said, and fortunately harmless. Still, if Bea develops any super powers in the near future, I guess I better look for a spider bite in her nether regions...
Bea's a...
Feb. 24th, 2011 12:54 pmI just caught the kids in the kitchen, which is gated off. Enoch knows how to open the gate, and while he's good most of the time, he decided to open it today and Bea followed him. Eric had been out for a bit and came home right after. He asked where Enoch was, and I told him about the time out and why, noting that Bea wasn't in one since she couldn't have done it on her own.
He said, "Yes, you're a follower, aren't you, Bea?" She grinned, so I chimed in and said the same thing.
She grinned even more, declared, "Bea fall," and promptly threw herself onto the floor.
That wasn't quite what we meant, but it was funny nonetheless.
He said, "Yes, you're a follower, aren't you, Bea?" She grinned, so I chimed in and said the same thing.
She grinned even more, declared, "Bea fall," and promptly threw herself onto the floor.
That wasn't quite what we meant, but it was funny nonetheless.
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Sep. 24th, 2010 04:49 pmBoth of the kids have been quite slow at starting to say no. Bea has finally started saying it regularly just the past few days. At almost two, she's a bit younger than Enoch was, but has had him modeling it, so not really surprising. It's led to funny stuff, though.
Today, while Eric was getting them ready for their nap, the kids were wanting to turn the lights on. He told them no, we didn't need them because it was daytime and the sun was out. Then he explained that the sun is a star that's close to us rather than really far away. At this, Bea says, "No!" No matter how much Eric tried to explain, she kept declaring no, even sounding a bit offended about it. I'm not sure why the concepts of the sun being a star or stars being really far away are offensive, but hey, who knows what goes on in the mind of toddlers?
Today, while Eric was getting them ready for their nap, the kids were wanting to turn the lights on. He told them no, we didn't need them because it was daytime and the sun was out. Then he explained that the sun is a star that's close to us rather than really far away. At this, Bea says, "No!" No matter how much Eric tried to explain, she kept declaring no, even sounding a bit offended about it. I'm not sure why the concepts of the sun being a star or stars being really far away are offensive, but hey, who knows what goes on in the mind of toddlers?
Kids and Talking
May. 29th, 2010 01:44 pmMy kids are weird. Enoch, when he was very little, would do a nunununu kind of sound that seemed to be him saying no to something, but that quickly faded. He's all of three years old and he's just barely started to say no in the last few weeks. Even then, he hasn't said it enough that Bea has picked up on it yet.
I came into the office a few minutes ago to find that the kids had pulled my chair up to their desk and Enoch was sitting on it. I told him that I was here now and he needed to give me my chair back. He declared, "No! Mumble mumble Ink chair!" (Ink is his pronunciation of Enoch). He wasn't saying it in a defiant way but in a teasing way, so I said in a kind of sing-song, "I don't think so!" In the same sing-song, he said, "I think so!" It was very funny. I finally got him out without a fight by convincing him to steal Eric's chair instead.
Enoch loves to echo everything we say and Bea loves to echo him. The game of telephone this presents is hilarious. She does have little quirks of her own, though. Enoch was never interested in animal sounds, but Bea loves them. She tries to do the different ones we tell her, but she must forget them, because a few weeks ago, she started meowing after talking about any animal at all, even the voiceless giraffe. She's now mastered saying "woof woof" like a dog, so she alternates between the two. It's hilarious. All animals are cats, dogs, giraffes, or occasionally cows or horses, and they all woof or meow.
I came into the office a few minutes ago to find that the kids had pulled my chair up to their desk and Enoch was sitting on it. I told him that I was here now and he needed to give me my chair back. He declared, "No! Mumble mumble Ink chair!" (Ink is his pronunciation of Enoch). He wasn't saying it in a defiant way but in a teasing way, so I said in a kind of sing-song, "I don't think so!" In the same sing-song, he said, "I think so!" It was very funny. I finally got him out without a fight by convincing him to steal Eric's chair instead.
Enoch loves to echo everything we say and Bea loves to echo him. The game of telephone this presents is hilarious. She does have little quirks of her own, though. Enoch was never interested in animal sounds, but Bea loves them. She tries to do the different ones we tell her, but she must forget them, because a few weeks ago, she started meowing after talking about any animal at all, even the voiceless giraffe. She's now mastered saying "woof woof" like a dog, so she alternates between the two. It's hilarious. All animals are cats, dogs, giraffes, or occasionally cows or horses, and they all woof or meow.
Kids addendum
Aug. 24th, 2009 06:56 pmI can't believe in all of that post that I forgot to mention that Bea has stepped into the world of talking. She's been saying it enough that we've decided that go is her first word. She often puts too much of an 'ah' sound in it, but it's definitely go, and if we say it back to her when she's saying it, she gets extremely excited. Klio probably doesn't have much time remaining as the third smartest entity in the house.
