More Beanisms

bean is on the floor in the living room. sprout is on a blanket next to her. i go into the kitchen to check on dinner. when i come back bean has her feet on sprout. (gahh!)
"get your feet off your brother! that is not nice!" i demand.
she looks at me and says, "but mommy, i'm pretending that he's an ottoman!"
sigh.

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bean wants to know if it is snack time. i tell her to go into the kitchen and look at the microwave. she says ok and runs off. i ask her to read me the numbers on the microwave clock. she says "one, E, upside-down J"
i think for a second.
"do you mean 1, 3, 7?"
slight pause from her. "no mommy, upside-down J"
"no baby, that is a 7."

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we are outside. bean wants me to push her on the swing. that is all i have done all day. my shoulders are aching.
"i'm sorry honey, mommy's shoulder's hurt too much to push you right now."
she puts her hand on my shoulder and says, "that's ok mommy, we will buy you some new shoulders."

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fun with pronunciation!

spectacular: sounds kind of like this "speck-tac-klee-er"
formula: sound a bit like "form-lee-ah"

apparently u's sound like long e's? who knew?! :)