I just had this great conversation with Izzy
I: Can I have some more chicken nuggets please? (at least she got the please in there)
Me: No, they are all gone.
I: Can't you just make more? (she's always thinking, that one)
Me: No, you ate them all and they are all gone.
I: NO, I mean make them. All you need is to kill a turkey, cut it into tiny pieces, dip it in bread crumbs, and cook them.
Me: I think it is a chicken, not a turkey. And where am I going to get a turkey?
I: I don't know... the store? Maybe Kroger has one. They have to come from somewhere, mom.
So- today while I am at the grocery, I will be on the lookout for those rogue turkey's running around. I guess they do sell some live animals at the Meijer...
Then there was this conversation the other day:
Izzy had made a stegosaurus out of clay in kindergarten and then came home and made a tyrannosaurus out of play-dough. She was holding the stegosaurus so I picked up the T-rex and started fighting her dinosaur.
I: Mom, you know this couldn't happen.
Me: What, my T-rex would totally beat up your stegosaurus.
I: No, mom, not possible. The stegosaurus lived during the Jurassic period while the Tyrannosaurus lived millions of years later, during the Cretaceous period.
Me: Are you sure?
I: Uh, yeh.
Me (thinking I could stump her): Oh yeh, well do you know how to spell Pterodactyl. (I don't even know how to spell it without my spell check which I did just use, but I figured she at least wouldn't know it started with a "P"). She spelled it, with a "P". Not sure if the rest was right or not, but she got the silent "P".
Me: Uh, OK, I guess I will go check my email or something.
Actually, I went straight for my computer to google this information. Guess what? Turns out the little know-it-all was correct. Looks like Jurassic park was wrong... no T.Rex's during the Jurassic period. That is the last time I get my information on dinosaurs from Steven Spielburg.
I have always known since Isabel started talking at 7 months, that she would someday surpass me in general knowledge base. I had assumed this would happen around the high school, maybe even college years. Looks like I was a bit off. It may be more like 3nd or 4th grade. One thing I do know; if put head to head, a tyrannosaurs would totally kick a turkey's ass (even if it had an ax).
2 comments:
That is hilarious! I will tell you that the questions don't ever end. Actually for that matter neither do the well-thought-out statements that you should be able to solve such a simple problem as no more nuggets. They just get more creative in their suggestions. Not too long ago my 14 year old was scheming on how to get a mini cooper when she turns 16...and didn't understand why I wasn't going along with it! At least you have her beat when it comes to medication!
Lynn
Great stories, Shelli. I can actually visualize you and Izzy at the table having those conversations. Brought a smile to my face.
Heather in Guate
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