Dingle-door

A few Larkinisms from this past week ...

"I'm starv-ed!" Not starving, not starved, but starv-ed. That's my growing girl. She says it with two syllables. It makes me smile every time she says it. When she is hungry she will say, "I have some food please?", and when I ask her what kind of food she wants she will put her finger on her lips and think for a moment before saying, "just food".

Last night we were driving to the store to pick up a few supplies for a project I'm working on. In the backseat Larkin was chatting away on her toy phone (which rings). Every time the phone would ring she would say, "My dingle-door is ringing!" Scot and I looked at each other and laughed so hard. I asked her, "Is your door bell ringing?" and she responded, "Yeah. My dingle-door is just ringing and ringing."

Larkin's new favorite saying is, "I have a good idea." She says it at least 500 times a day. Most of the time she really does have a pretty good idea, like sharing a toy, or picking a book to read, but every now and then her concept of a good idea and mine don't exactly mesh.

Larkin loves to sing Christmas songs. I am amazed at all the songs she knows this year. Granted, we have Christmas songs playing every day at our house in December, but still ... she knows the words to Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Jingle Bells (this one she learned last year), Deck the Halls, Santa Clause is Coming to Town, Silver Bells, Away in a Manger, Up on the Housetop, White Christmas, The Hippopotamus song, and a few others I'm sure I'm forgetting.

I had to laugh yesterday when The First Noel came on the radio in the car and she belts out the chorus from the back seat, "Nowhere! NOWHERE! Nowhere! NOWHERE!"

I still smile when I think about her singing "Nowhere" instead of "Noel" :)

We opened up the Christmas books last night, and I read this one to Larkin before bed. She listened with intensity as the Grinch went about being nasty, and commented several times that he wasn't being very nice.

This morning she searched and searched through all the Christmas books and kept asking, "Where's that Grouch book?"

:)

... The Grouch who stole Christmas ... sounds about right!

Christmas Found

We spent the evening roaming around the mall (along with everyone else in Sacramento) when Larkin spied Santa perched on his comfy couch and posing for photos. She tugged on my hand and said, "Look mom, there's Christmas. There he is."

I laughed and said, "Larkin, that's Santa."

Larkin tugged on my hand again and said, "I want to go see him. I'll tell daddy I found Christmas."

Larkin is a little dramatic. Just a tad of drama with this little girl. One of her favorite phrases lately has been, "I'm freaking out!" and usually she is absolutely correct ... she is freaking out. It's funny to hear her say it though.

I have been working with Larkin on her first and last name, as well as the street we live on. The other night we were out for a walk and I asked her:

"What street do you live on Larkin?"

Larkin: "The Empty Street."

Me: "The Empty Street? We live on Anthea Street. Can you say Anthea Street?"

Larkin: "Empty Street."

Me. "Pretty close. How about your name, do you know your name?"

Larkin: "Larkin Amy"

Me: That's pretty close. Your name is Larkin Rice."

Larkin: "No, I'm Amy Rice."

... we will revisit this later.

Polka Dots

Today as I was putting on lotion, Larkin got some lotion and said, "Hold still momma. I put lotion on your polka dots." I laughed and told her, "Those are my freckles."

Ice-cones

Ice cream cones at our house have become "Ice-cones" ... and let's be honest, who really has time to add an extra syllable anyhow!

Larkin has also started saying, "What about this one?" or "How about I want a turn?" or "What about that over there?" It is very funny to me that she has added "What about ... and how about" to her vocabulary. It makes her sound so grown up to communicate that way.