eccentricities

Garnet writes in the air while she's having a conversation. It looks like she has an imaginary chalk board in front of her and she's taking notes on what she and/or you are talking about. I think it's really cute. The night before she was to go back to school after xmas break, she couldn't sleep. After lying in her bed for 2 hours, I just let her get up. We watched some TV about venomous snake and spider bites. Steven and I kept trying to get her to be still and not talk, but for Garnet, that's like trying to get a shark to stop swimming. Anyway, I heard her beside me whispering something while drawing in the air. I demanded to know she was whispering about over there, I was kinda cranky because I was tired. She was whispering, "19.99," the price of whatever they were selling on the commercial. This was so funny to us. So now every once in a while we will whisper, "19.99," to her. Garnet pretends not to like it, but she really does.

Ysa loves to eat, she eats all day. She's always, "hunny." We let the girls have desert night 3 nights per week. Usually the first thing she asks in the morning is, "Is is zert night?" This morning she asked Steven if it was 'zert' night and finished the sentence with a mouth chomp, like punctuation. Steven laughed and laughed. I don't think he'd noticed her punctuation chomps before, but she does it quite often. It reminds me of an old boyfriend who used to sometimes end his sentences with an odd mouth noise, like a reverse kissy action. It makes a popping sound.

I guess all little kids are weird. I just hope they don't stop being that way.