In Pennish: In English:
Benchin' Convention
Elegator Elevator
Arse Cream Ice Cream
Penny: "(Gasp) We're going to Benchin'!"
Mommy: "Yes, Penny, we're going to the convention."
Penny: "We take the elegator? Where's the elegator?!"
Mommy: "The elevator is over there, Penny."
Evy: "And if we're good, we get ICE CREAM!"
Penny:"Arse cream?!!!"
Mommy: "ICE cream, Penny."
Seren survived her first 3 days of kindergarten. Barely survived. She "befriended" a boy on the first day. She came home with a scraped right knee the second day. Today, she came home with a really banged up left knee. I was informed that her friend pushed her down both days but the teacher saw it happen today and sent him home. Seren proclaims his innocence. Woe to him next week if he does it again and Seren no longer proclaims his innocence. I'm not sure that there will be much of this "friend" left to send home.
I was changing Xander's diaper in our minivan while Seren and Penny watched from their seats. As I was wrapping up Xander's icky diaper and he was still "commando", Seren asked if I was going to put a new diaper on him.
I replied, "No, Seren. I will not be putting another diaper on him. I am going to buckle him up in his carseat and he can be just as he is the rest of the day."
"WITH SHOES!" Penny chimed in, as Seren contemplated how serious I was about Xander going without a diaper the rest of the day.
Now, the part I find interesting about Penny's comment is that I never put shoes on Xander. Why would I? He isn't walking yet. So, as my 5 year old contemplated whether I would really let Xander go "commando" the rest of the day, my 2 year old recognized my sarcasm right away and immediately inserted her own sarcasm suggesting that I do something else I never do as well. What a comical visual picture she painted with that suggestion!
On the other hand, Seren probably did recognize my sarcasm, but knows that I can be crazy enough to mean exactly what I say sometimes.
In the end, Xander did get a diaper. Pun intended.
