Background: Amelia is of the age where she is pretending to get married all the time. Not just her, but her toys, the stuffed animals in the house, the bugs outside, anything and everything has been deemed her job to marry them. Ben is the age where he follows Amelia around and does whatever she tells him to do, and she has no problems being the boss.
Setting up the scene: Amelia and Ben outside playing in between our houses. We have 3 "houses" on the property (main house, office and shed) set in a u shape that creates the backyard. The kids often pretend each house is a different location and drive (on their bikes) from one place to another. Amelia is also holding her baby doll.
The conversation:
A: Ben, c'mon we have to go to the doctor and get this baby out of me. Now tell me to sit down and then you are the doctor and you just take it out.
Ben looks at her with the look of a man, like I really don't want to do this and I think I might throw up, but I know better than to disagree with you right now, is there anyone around to save me from this??? (Lucky for him I was there)
Me: Ummm, let's not pretend to be doctors and take babies out. Let's play something different.
A: OK. Ben, now we have to go get married. Let's ride over there. (get in their "cars" and make their way over to another house. Amelia, still holding her doll, walks up to Ben to "get married")
B: Uh, you can't have that baby when you get married.
A: Oh. OK, wait a second.
(Walks over to her "car" and buckles her baby in)
A to her baby: OK, now baby, you stay in this car while I go get married and no getting out and no freaking out. I'll be right back. (Amelia turns and heads back to get married)
Where to even start?? Should I be more concerned that she had no problems abandoning a baby in a car to quickly get hitched, that she thinks when she is sick of being pregnant she can go to the doctor and he will just take it out, or that she had a baby first so now she needs to get married??? Kids.
May 2, 2011
Funny things my kids said
Posted by Amelia at 8:03 AM
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