Breakfast

The other morning at breakfast, Turtle was poking around at her boiled egg when she asked, "Mommy, WHY do we have to eat baby chicks?"

Then before bed that night, Monkey said, "I want to be a vegetarian Mommy."

I'm handling this by ignoring it and hoping it goes away.

Just now, Monkey was working on getting her breakfast and I asked her why she did something.  She said, "cause I want to.  duuuh"   Sounded exactly like a 14 year old.

Monkey

This morning Monkey was defiant as usual, and came up with this: "NO EVERYTHING!"   That seems to be her M.O., for sure.

On a more agreeable note, she told me at breakfast that when she grew up she wanted to be the most famous chef in the whole world.  That was after she cracked all the eggs for the scrambled eggs, got the scrambling process started, poured the eggs into the pan, and did the initial cooking.  She loves to cook with adults and watching Julia Child and Alton Brown cooking shows is one of her favorite things.  In the past she's also said she wants to be a ballerina and an illustrator, but she actually shows more interest in cooking than in either of those activities.

This evening at bedtime she asked me a difficult question.  "Mommy, why do we celebrate Memorial Day?"  I explained about soldiers and remembering them and etc.  Then she said, "But we don't like to fight right?  So why do we celebrate fighting?"  I was stumped.  I blamed it all on other countries who started fights and forced us to fight even though we didn't really want to, but I look forward to having a more advanced political discussion with her about this when she's a little older.  I'm sure she'll take the opposing position to my political view on foreign policy and war, but as long as she can back up her position with more than "No Everything!" I'll be ok with a little disagreement.

Vegetarians

Yesterday, Turtle announced that she didn't want to eat "real animals" anymore, and that she wanted to be a vegutaran.  Twin Daddy told her we'd have to talk with the pediatrician about it, so in the meantime she should just eat the grilled salmon on her plate.  I know there are several vegutarans in the girls' classes at school, and the pediatrician told me a couple of years ago that there are billions of vegetarian kids in the world, and one egg a day is plenty of protein for the girls.  But, frankly, if I wanted to go through the trouble of planning vegetarian meals, I'd already be one.  So hopefully, this will go away until she's about 14 and can cook her own food.

Quote of the day

From Turtle, in the back seat in the car this morning: "Mommy, who will be the last person on Earth?"

My boots were laying on the floor of my room, where I'd left them after I took them off today. Monkey was standing on them.

Me: "Monkey, please don't step on my boots."

Monkey: "Ok. Please don't make your room so messy."

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Keyen was absent from school all last week so I never got to see him, and still haven't managed it this week. Apparently, though, he has been too busy this week to play with Turtle. She was a little annoyed about it yesterday but didn't even mention him today, so I guess the relationship has cooled.

Love

More from Turtle.

"Keyen is my honey"

"Keyen likes rock and roll, and rainbows."

Me: "Tomorrow is a school day."

Turtle: "Yay, I get to see Keyen!"

I am soooo checking this boy out tomorrow.

Snippets

Turtle: "What do clouds taste like?"

Monkey: "Mashed potatoes."

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Turtle: "I'm going to marry Keyen. We're going on our honeymoon in Canada for 30 days and Alaska for 38 days. We're going to get married where Aunt D. got married, but Keyen thought a bench or a rock might be a good place. He gave me a rock on the playground with a heart on it."

Monkey: "I'm going to be your maid of honor and my husband will be your ring bearer."

Turtle, hands over her face: "Oh, brother."

Note: While Turtle has promised to marry a couple of boys in her class, Monkey betrothed herself to Vishnu last fall and has steadfastly maintained that she is going to marry him and only him. I let his mother know. I started to say, "I hope you haven't made other 'arrangements'" but caught myself in time and said "plans" instead.

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Turtle: "Mommy, when will we go to Australia?"

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Monkey: "Mommy, can we go to the bank or someplace that has to do with money?"

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Twin Momma: "...Ok, well if neither one of you wants to go to church with me, then Daddy and I will go to church together and you guys can stay home together."

Turtle: "N000000000000! The law will get you!"

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Twin Momma: "Hey Turtle, you've never worn this outfit. Why don't you try it today?

Turtle: "I don't like that! It's a nightmare!"