My three-year-old is theatrical.
Well, they ALL are. *rolls eyes for dramatic effect*
For months now, she’s been tossing back movie quotes at me, whenever the situation seems fitting.
She asked me why I was doing something once – I don’t remember what – but I answered, “Because I’m a grown-up.”
She then breathed, “Waaaaaaoooow… you’re a grown-up? A grown-up… you must have your own call, then?“
This is a verbatim line from The Heffalump Movie – a Disney favourite my kids always liked. Naturally, she’s seen it about forty bajillion times. I’m not surprised that I triggered such a response – it was the word grown-up that did it. She’s can be clever.
Sometimes when she doesn’t get her way, she points her tiny index finger at me, scrunches up her face, and says, “I’ll get you my pretty… and your little dog too!” And she walks away in a huff.
Can you imagine?! She’s never even seen that movie. She gets it from me – it’s what I say to her when she’s being saucy sometimes. (At which point I retort, “How’s about a little fire, Scarecrow?” C’mon… I can’t help myself.)
Yeah, I know.
But, more recently, my kids have been watching Despicable Me, which is a riot of a film – whether or not you have kids, it is to be enjoyed – Steve Carrell is the voice of the lead character, Gru. Everyone knows how funny Steve Carrell is… you can’t help but love this animated film.
Anyway, in the last couple of days, (and again just this morning,) when Madame does not get her wish granted, she puts her wee fingers to her wee brow, and walks away muttering, “Why… why are you… why are you so… old?!”
*ahem*
She says this to me. To ME!! Her MOTHER!! For crying out loud…
What a clever little bum she is.
Indeed they do. Especially while wearing the tutus, right? Heh.
She kills me, Amreen! I know she says it because she thinks it’s what you say when you’re disappointed… but gah! I hope she doesn’t say it to her teacher one day…
Sara… just you wait. Laugh now, lady… laugh now…
She’s a problem, Liz. Come and get her.
Yes Jen. It gets under my nearly-forty-year-old skin. Grrrrr…
long live the saucy girls. They make the household rock.
What a smarty pants! I love it. She’s going to be a film buff for sure.
hahahah – I loooooove it! You know…until my kid starts doing it…
Much like your other child, I think she gets away with it by being gorgeous. Brains and looks? This kid is gonna be unstoppable…
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And it gets under your skin, too, doesn’t it Tracey? She is a clever little bum!