There are sweet moments in a mom's child raising years, like the one I had the other day. My 4 year old came running to me in excitment, big ponytails bouncing off her shoulders.
"Mom! I made a rhyme!"
I stopped what I was doing and turned to her. "Great, honey! Let's hear it." I hadn't taught her how to make rhymes yet, although her older sisters could have taught her, so I was eager to see what she had learned.
"Ready?" she asked. Big-eyed, enthusiastically animated, and with a ring of chocolate shake smoothie still outlining her mouth as though I had rimmed her cup with permanent marker. How could I not be ready? I nodded.
Her: "Flower...and stower."
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Me: "Um...good. Yes, that's kind of a rhyme. What else?" I asked. I begin to prompt, "Flower, tower, power..."
"Oh! Oh!" Her eyes lit up. "Head!"
"Uh, no," I laughed. "That's not a rhyme. Let's try another one. How about Cat? Cat, hat, bat, mat, pat..."
"WATER!" she screamed in excitment, jumping up and down like I had told her that I had thrown away all the vegetables and that sugar with a side of Equate would replace tonight's dinner.
"Mmmmm no. Let's try that again." I was determined to teach, hoping she'd catch on. "Let's start with hat this time," I say.
ME: "Let's do it again. Toes, noooooooose..."
*The tornado that swept up Dorothy and took her to Oz could have happened in this long pause while my daughter thinks.*
She just needs time to think this out, I tell myself. She'll get it...she'll get it...
ME: "Uh...no," I giggle.
HER: "What comes after nose then?"
ME: "Nothing comes after nose. We're rhyming. Try it again."
HER: "Okay! Nose and water! No, no. Nose and tramp!"
ME: "No, sweetie, that isn't a--"
HER: "Oh, I know! White bird, white flower, white cloud!"
*Clunk, clunk, clunk, goes the sound of my head against the fridge.*
Okay, she doesn't get it. Rhyming is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay out of her league right now. I think we have a LOT of work to do before Kindergarten starts. :)
8 comments:
Loved it! I can just see those big ponytails bouncing on her shoulders. I think her version was far more entertaining than a regular old rhyme.
This one is my life. :)
Just had this same conversation with y almost 3 year old about 3 weeks ago. With the same "clunk, clunk, clunk" response from me. xD
Very well done play-by-play :)
I'm fairly positive I would have a similar experience with my 4 year old too.
Camryn, I read your comment on my blog and since this is the only way to get in touch with you, I'm here again :)
Kudo's to those women who can wait to find out. I am SO not that patient. Because of the circumstances of this pregnancy, I knew that I needed to find out to be able to not only get over my loss but to bond with this baby. And I know it sounds awful, but I'm ridiculously excited that its a girl because it will make the whole L&D and going home experience with only one of my girls, so much easier. If that makes any sense.
A friend of mine actually let the doctor tell her husband but she waited till the baby came. You could try that too :)
LOL! This is so well written, I love it! I had a similar conversation with my four year old. The only problem was he rhymed a word with truck (technically he was correct) and I almost had a heart attack! BTW, I have an award for you at my blog. Feel free to stop by when you have a chance!
I love moments like that. Just you wait until she gets so good at rhyming that she starts making up words. "Listen to all the words that rhyme with duck, mommy!"
I LOVED the rhyme white bird, white flower, white cloud! At least they were all white!
I'd love to see you rhyme white bird! The next rhyme can be Four legged phironha. Or children as chew toys!
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