yesterday morning, while i'm getting ready for the day, ozzy says to me, 'mommy, guess which one of my stuffed animals is having a birthday today?"
shaking my head (uhhh, i dont know!), i answer feebly, "ummm, pink puppy?"
ozzy says, "noooooooo. guess again!"
geez. i try another stab at it, "then is it Fire Dog?" the dog dressed like a fireman.
ozzy says disgustedly, "no, mommy! Fire Dog is the pizza man who delivers the pizza to the party!"
after being chastized by a 4 year old for not knowing this basic fact, as if this were common knowledge, i decide not to engage further and to just give up, "well, i dont know who is having a party. i give up. which of your (80 million) stuffed animals is having a birthday party today?"
ozzy says cheerfully, "it's baby monkey's birthday today! he used to be four like me, but now he's turning 5, so he's going to start going to Monkey School to learn to be a monkey!"
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a few days ago, ozzy started to wake up crying in the middle of the night again. something he hasnt done in a long while. the other day, i asked him if he had a bad dream the night before and he says, yes. 'is that why you woke up crying?" i asked. he gave me a blank look and says, "i didnt wake up crying." "yes, you were crying last night. dont you remember?"
he shakes his head no. but proceeds to tell me his dream. he's lately been rather interested in Star Wars, mostly with the Dark Side and Darth Vadar (he calls him Dark Vader). i think he finds him to be worrisome. so he says, "in my dream i dreamed that i was in a clothes store with Mimi and Dark Vadar comes in looking for us. so we climbed into a cardboard box to hide from him. i was trying to do my best to hide in the box, but the box was a little small and my head was showing over the top of the box because i had my shoes on. but Dark Vadar didnt see me. he walked right by the box going, where is he? where is he? it was really weird and funny.
so did Darth Vadar catch you? i asked.
no, i think he was trying to, but then i woke up, so he never did. ozzy replied.
that was a very detailed description of that dream, ozzy. i said to him. thanks for sharing that with me. that was really interesting.
yeah, ozzy says. then he asks, "mommy, why does luke skywalker beat Darth Vadar and why does Harry Potter beat Voldemort and why does spiderman beat the green goblin? is it because bad guys arent that smart?"
i dont know, ozzy. i answer carefully, not sure what he wants to know, really. i guess it's because in the end, we want the good guys to win over the bad.
yeah, ozzy agrees.
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ozzy; mommy, do you know what's really weird and i dont get? thomas has a driver but he's not very helpful. when he's in trouble the driver doesnt help.
me: are you sure he has a driver all the time?
ozzy: yes! how else would he be able to stop and go, move forward and backward? (gives me an exasperated look, like c'mon woman! this is common sense!)
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while reading a book about feeling angry, he sees a page where a girl jumping rope is angry because there's mud on dress. ozzy says, why is she jumping rope near a mud puddle? i would never jump rope near a mud puddle. since i dont know how to jump rope.
shaking my head (uhhh, i dont know!), i answer feebly, "ummm, pink puppy?"
ozzy says, "noooooooo. guess again!"
geez. i try another stab at it, "then is it Fire Dog?" the dog dressed like a fireman.
ozzy says disgustedly, "no, mommy! Fire Dog is the pizza man who delivers the pizza to the party!"
after being chastized by a 4 year old for not knowing this basic fact, as if this were common knowledge, i decide not to engage further and to just give up, "well, i dont know who is having a party. i give up. which of your (80 million) stuffed animals is having a birthday party today?"
ozzy says cheerfully, "it's baby monkey's birthday today! he used to be four like me, but now he's turning 5, so he's going to start going to Monkey School to learn to be a monkey!"
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a few days ago, ozzy started to wake up crying in the middle of the night again. something he hasnt done in a long while. the other day, i asked him if he had a bad dream the night before and he says, yes. 'is that why you woke up crying?" i asked. he gave me a blank look and says, "i didnt wake up crying." "yes, you were crying last night. dont you remember?"
he shakes his head no. but proceeds to tell me his dream. he's lately been rather interested in Star Wars, mostly with the Dark Side and Darth Vadar (he calls him Dark Vader). i think he finds him to be worrisome. so he says, "in my dream i dreamed that i was in a clothes store with Mimi and Dark Vadar comes in looking for us. so we climbed into a cardboard box to hide from him. i was trying to do my best to hide in the box, but the box was a little small and my head was showing over the top of the box because i had my shoes on. but Dark Vadar didnt see me. he walked right by the box going, where is he? where is he? it was really weird and funny.
so did Darth Vadar catch you? i asked.
no, i think he was trying to, but then i woke up, so he never did. ozzy replied.
that was a very detailed description of that dream, ozzy. i said to him. thanks for sharing that with me. that was really interesting.
yeah, ozzy says. then he asks, "mommy, why does luke skywalker beat Darth Vadar and why does Harry Potter beat Voldemort and why does spiderman beat the green goblin? is it because bad guys arent that smart?"
i dont know, ozzy. i answer carefully, not sure what he wants to know, really. i guess it's because in the end, we want the good guys to win over the bad.
yeah, ozzy agrees.
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ozzy; mommy, do you know what's really weird and i dont get? thomas has a driver but he's not very helpful. when he's in trouble the driver doesnt help.
me: are you sure he has a driver all the time?
ozzy: yes! how else would he be able to stop and go, move forward and backward? (gives me an exasperated look, like c'mon woman! this is common sense!)
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while reading a book about feeling angry, he sees a page where a girl jumping rope is angry because there's mud on dress. ozzy says, why is she jumping rope near a mud puddle? i would never jump rope near a mud puddle. since i dont know how to jump rope.
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