A: Grandma gave Noah a new book that uses lots of idioms. He's been trying to learn expressions like, 'it broke my heart' and 'give me a hand.' He's still trying to wrap his head around (!) the concept.
The Conversation:
Noah: Not by the hair on my tinny tin tin. Mommy, do you know what that means?
Me: No, what does that mean?
Noah: That means, "I'm sorry to hurt your feelings but I like to play with Grandma more than I like to play with you."
Me: Oh. Okay. (At least he's sorry he hurt my feelings, right? I mean, he expressed it well...I think.)
Noah: Not by the hair on my tinny tin tin. Mommy, do you know what that means?
Me: No. (Maybe it changed?)
Noah: That means, "I'm sorry to hurt your feelings but I like to play with Grandma more than I like to play with you."
Me: But do you still like to play with me sometimes?
Noah: Yes. (Pause.) What does 'sometimes' mean?
Me: Well, that means, not all the time, but maybe a little bit here and there.
Noah: Not by the hair on my tinny tin tin. Mommy, do you know what that means?
Me: Yes! That means, "you're sorry to hurt my feelings but you like to play with Grandma more than you like to play with me."
Noah: Yes.
Me: But you'll still play with me sometimes.
Noah: (Pause.) No.
3 comments:
Does this happen to be the book, "Parts?" My boys think this book is hilarious. In fact we just had to read it two nights in a row last week. There's a sequel too - "More Parts." Highly recommended!
Aha! You caught us! Those are exactly the books we've been reading/Grandma gave Noah. Although, it's not quite hilarious (yet) to Noah.
So funny. Little Elvis went through a mean stage with me as well. He would ask me if I was wearing make-up, and then tell me I should go put some on right away. And he'd much rather hang out with his Gram and Coachpa. Grandparents are just way more fun I think.
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