Two conversations: Troy and Annalie
March 25th, 2008
Walking through Wal*Mart, Annalie asked Troy, “Daddy, do you have to go to the bathroom?”
Troy replied, “No. . .do you have to go to the bathroom?”
Annalie was aghast. “Daddy! You know I feel about the auto-flushing toilets!”
At dinner one night, Annalie watched Troy eating for moment, then asked, “Daddy, are you eating seaweed?”
“Yes! it’s very tender. Kinda salty though.”
Annalie looked at his plate, then back up at his face. “Are you really eating seaweed?”
Troy laughed.”No, those are green beans, silly.”
“Well, they LOOK kinda like seaweed, because they’re all TWISTY!”
“You have a point there,” Troy conceded.
Annalie sat back in her chair, folded her hands over her stomach, and said, “Yeah. Green beans are all green and twisty, just like seaweed.”
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Rapunzel still doesn’t like the “magic” toilets. SuperChic doesn’t seem to care. I think it’s because she doesn’t wiggle so much.
SuperChic agrees with the green bean theory. She doe not like them.
cc, the funny thing is that Annalie loves green beans! I guess she was just being imaginative.
Also, she has come around on the auto-flushing toilets. I carry a pad of post-its in my purse, and one day I got the idea to use one to cover up the sensor. So now she will use the toilet as long as we have a post-it note. :-)
First time I ever came across an auto-flush toilet was in Singapore airport when we lived overseas. It scared the living daylights out of my 15 year old self. But do you think I could get it to work a second time once I realised what it was?
And then I couldn’t figure out how to turn on the auto sensor taps at the basin. The cleaner had to show me how.
Now of course, they are everywhere.
You are such an inventive Mom. It would’ve taken me a looooong time to come up with a simple post-it note solution.
…and you can let Miss. Annalie know that people in this world do eat seaweed salad…and we love it! …and nori wrappers are made of seaweed…and there is seaweed icecream…and – ok, now I’m starting to sound like Forrest Gump’s friend going on and on about the shrimp.
I remember many years ago when I was out and about with my mother, we used a public restroom. This was back when the auto flushing toilets first started appearing. I had experience with them but my mom did not. She was taking a while to come out of her stall and when I finally knocked on her door to see if she was OK, she poked her head out to tell me that she couldn’t flush the toilet… that she didn’t know what was wrong with her toilet. I told her to step to the side and sure enough, the toilet flushed on it’s own. She thought they were magical too… that there was some kind of witchcraft involved. Don’t even get me started on the automatic faucet!!
My boys eat seaweed, in sushi. My 3 year old will actually eat the dry stuff while we make the sushi. Yuck. I’ll take the green beans.
Oh my goodness! That auto-flushing comment is *hilarious*!! LOLOLOL
This is the kind of stuff that makes me want to be a fly on the wall in your house.
Gosh she cracks me up! Are all 3 year olds like this?
The flushing the seaweed, she is one smart cookie!
Ha, it is one big circle!
I must ask, and maybe this makes me look stupid, but the occupation sahm. What does that stand for?
Jo, it doesn’t make you look stupid! You’re not really in that demographic yet. :-) SAHM = Stay-At-Home Mom.
AHHA! I knew it had to be something along that line.
I wonder if there is an occupation for Stay at home starving artist?
No babies for me..yet, anyway :)
That post it note idea is inspired.