August 2012
Art Matters
Megan flattens herself against the wall in the kitchen (where we used to display the kids' best artwork) and declares, "Daddy! I'm art!"
Fixation
Mommy found a card that Megan had written for us some time ago.
FRONT:
To mom anD DAD
I nede to teleyou sumtHinG.
INSIDE:
I wanta DOG!
now!
March 2012
On her way to ballet, Megan said to Mommy, "when I grow up I can't have more than seven jobs. I want to be a teacher, a dentist, a doctor, a cook..."
"Why only seven jobs?" Mommy asked.
"Because there's only seven days in a week--I can't have more than one job a day!"
Megan lost her second tooth in the first week of March. The story goes that she told Mommy, "you can take a picture of my tooth and put it on Facebook--if you want."
February 2012
Mommy is explaining to Megan that she can't volunteer for Megan's field trip because she has to work. Megan has an idea: "Why don't you just tell your boss that you're sick?"
Mommy and Megan were walking through the mall when suddenly Megan dashed to the opposite side of the corridor. "Megan, what are you doing," Mommy asked.
Megan replied, "Do you see those teenage boys? I didn't want to wlak past them."
"Why not?"
"In case they fall in love with me and want to marry me!"
January 2012
For the past three months I've been carpooling to work with some neighborhood friends. This morning was a little different: my kids came with us! So as we were driving to the Fazaas for the big drop-off, Megan said to my friends, "Do you speak arabic? 'Teta' is grandmother in arabic. 'Cido' is grandfather. Are you going to come in and visit? Teta and Cido have a beautiful house." I've never heard her play the role of host before.
Tonight at bedtime Megan pulled out a book called My Best Friend is Cinderella, which I've read a million times. I groaned, "Megan, I don't want to read this story."
"Daddy, why don't you like my princess books?" Megan asked.
"I don't like the stories," I said, trying to be diplomatic.
Megan's face dropped, "If you don't like princess stories then it's like you don't like me, because everyone calls me princess."
Needless to say I gave in, promising to be more open minded about her princess books.
