We all know kids say and do strange things. You just don't realize how strange your conversations are destined to be or how weird the things you'll pretend are happening will be until you interact with a young child on a regular basis.
Today, I had to drive one county over to pick up a copy of Marty's birth certificate. It turns out I'm right and I'm stuck. I have to claim him because my name's on there. Well, Gabe decided he wanted to ride with me. I tried halfheartedly to talk him out of it because, well, a half an hour of silence sounded kind of blissful. Gabe stuck to his guns and rode with me. Let me tell you, man oh man can that kid talk. He talked non-stop from Cary to Hillsborough. When he wasn't talking to me, he was talking to his three imaginary friends Geo, Yoshi, and Sparta. We covered all kinds of topic from volcanos to explaining the girls have muhginas (his version of the word) not are muhginas. He wanted to know why Marty calls their cousins, Kayla and Bri, the girls and immediately launched from that to "Kayla doesn't have a penis. She has a muhgina because she is a girl." A couple of times he had to interrupt our conversation to yell at Yoshi because Yoshi wash poking him. When Yoshi didn't stop for him, he asked me to make Yoshi stop. I guess he did because we didn't have any more yelling. And, when we got to Hillsborough, he started laughing as we got out of the van. He said "Look mommy, Sparta's sitting on my head like a *gargoyle kitty." In the short trip from the van to the building, we discussed the parking deck, the rusty truck down there, the extra long grass, and some webs he happened to spy. He kept chattering with my on the way in and, luckily, he didn't seem at all upset that the woman who helped us didn't notice Sparta sitting there.
Everything was a bit quieter on the way home. A bribe of Mickey D's french fries and a small soda works wonders. I'm very grateful he didn't ask me to buy one for each of his friends that traveled with us.
*I have short posts on the footboard of my bed. When the kitties perch there, we say they are being gargoyle kitties.
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Sounds like my girl...her right hand is Chaba. Her left hand is Caba. Her sisters are Maddy (and I can't remember the other two, but it doesn't really matter because they may be there or not tomorrow and they'll likely have different names). I got about 20 minutes worth of conversation regarding stickers today. I think she talked so much she wore herself out, because she was playing dead (I have no idea where this came from. There's a list of bad influences seven miles long and it starts with Mom & Dad) one minute and the next thing I know, she's asleep on the floor. She never does that.
Endless sources of entertainment, aren't they?
Hilarious! Sometimes I would just love to be a fly on your wall (or inside your vehicle). Imaginary friends are so funny...
Wow. Makes me tired just hearing about all that. Speaking of imaginary friends have you ever seen "Drop Dead Fred"?
i love that he has his friends and totally talks to them, love it. but you know you should have bought them fries too girl. missed you tons! xoxoxo
lol, that's too cute :)
This was hilarious...and it sounds exhausting. :)
Ha Ha Ha...
I know what a chattering kid sounds like...
Am still smiling.
"muhgina"! Too funny! I guess first you can't wait for them to talk, then you pray they'll shut up for just a little while.
I love his imagination! It's such a gift. Have you ever recorded one of these conversations? He'll probably get a kick out of it in the future.
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LOL...muhginas.
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