One-liners
I love you so much, I'm going to turn you into a frog.
(Ed. note: That sums up Edith's feelings about Alice these days better than just about anything.)
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You're a happening mama!
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G to E: How was your day?
E: It was good: there were no fires at school.
E: It was good: there were no fires at school.
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(Brightly) Being awake is my way of sleeping.
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But I don't want to go to sleep! I'm bored. There's nothing to do in my dreams tonight.
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I want a best friend. I want a bester friend than Torrey. She would be firm with peacocks.
(Ed. note: Several minutes solicitation on the meaning of this phrase yielded nothing. I asked her to explain what she meant by firm, but she had no synonyms for it, and mine were evidently all completely wide of the mark. She grew ever more exasperated, and when I asked her to explain with different words, she'd just yell, "Peacocks are a kind of bird!" So if you know any experts in avian discipline, send them our way.)
(Ed. note: Several minutes solicitation on the meaning of this phrase yielded nothing. I asked her to explain what she meant by firm, but she had no synonyms for it, and mine were evidently all completely wide of the mark. She grew ever more exasperated, and when I asked her to explain with different words, she'd just yell, "Peacocks are a kind of bird!" So if you know any experts in avian discipline, send them our way.)
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Meanwhile, a milestone for Alice: Two days ago some mysterious instinct prompted her to start arching her back and looking as far over her left shoulder as she could when put down on her changing table. Tonight she completed the motion and flipped to her tummy for the first time. It's even more miraculous to me this time around--what makes them suddenly decide they need to do that?
Alas, our days of cavalierly leaving her lying on any unguarded surface as we run for a towel/burpcloth/change of clothes/bathroom break/big sister are over.
Alas, our days of cavalierly leaving her lying on any unguarded surface as we run for a towel/burpcloth/change of clothes/bathroom break/big sister are over.
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Torrey and Edith had gone out to play
When an elegant fowl began strutting their way –
Said Edith to Torrey, “Now mind what I say:
You have to be firm with peacocks!”
Said Torrey, “That bird is a really cool blue!
Let’s let it get close and see what it will do!”
“Pay attention!” said Edith, “’cause I’m telling you,
You have to be firm with peacocks!
“Don’t you be fooled by the beautiful sheen
Of its plumes or the way that it walks like a queen,
I know for a fact that such birds can be mean --
You have to be firm with peacocks!”
“We could give it a peanut,” said Torrey, “or bread,
And then tell it a riddle and tickle its head.”
Cried Edith, “You haven’t heard one thing I’ve said!
You have to be firm with peacocks!”
But Torrey was coaxing it, “Birdie, come here!”
“Stop, Torrey!” called Edith, “it’s coming too near!
I thought I had made myself perfectly clear:
You have to be firm with peacocks!
I see where this laxness is likely to end,
And I’m warning you now that your ways you must mend:
If you want to continue my very best friend,
YOU HAVE TO BE FIRM WITH PEACOCKS!”
Okay, Bestemor officially rocks. :) *Clearly* this is what Edith meant!
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