an exercise in percussive maintenance
Tag: toddlers
The minion did something adorable earlier, to which the wife said, “I can eat you up!”
The minion’s response:
But if you eat me up I’ll be in your stomach, so you won’t see me any more.
And then I’ll disappear and become poo, cause that’s what happens to food in your stomach.
I’ll be a very big poo!
Now play this on a loop for the rest of the day, and make sure you sing the “all the king’s horses” line EVERY. SINGLE. TIME!
It’s really cute, though, isn’t it? I’ve been changing it up, translating the line to Afrikaans (took the minion a couple seconds to process that, after which she just continued), or transcribing it to “all the king’s soldiers and all the king’s steeds” (that one threw her completely, but mostly just due to quickly-diminishing limitations in her English vocabulary…)
The minion is having a make-believe Zoom call. No screen, just an old, broken keyboard I’ve given her to play with.
The wife and I both had to come say hi to her “work people” – she always pops in during my bi-weekly video call with the rest of my team to say hello 😀
The minion just had a meltdown because a cockroach wouldn’t stay put so she can look at it.
In other news, we’ve gone two nights in a row with no diaper and no accidents. Yay!
Also, I can give her a series of instructions to complete a task, and not only does she complete the task successfully, she actually comes back and ask questions if she’s not sure what to do. She’s already more advanced than most highschoolers I’d ever taught, and a disturbing number of adults I know…
And just like that, the minion no longer needs her step stool and training seat to use the toilet. (She’s fallen in a couple times, but thinks it’s very funny when that happens.)
This morning she also selected her own outfit for the day and dressed herself, and brushed her teeth, all without any assistance from us.
I’ll be teaching her how to drive one of these days (don’t tell anyone, but I’ve already started…)
if all else fails...use a hammer 