Recent Bobbisms that made me smile
To Kazakhstan and Back
Bobbin and I have this game where we take turns saying "I love you to X and back" where X is some far away place that gets progressively farther and farther away as the game progresses. By the end of it we're usually well beyond the rainbow, the clouds, the atmoshphere, the planet, the moon, the solar system, the galaxy, and the universe. Her newest twist on the game involves getting out her talking globe (a gift from Grandma Anne and Grandpa Jerry last Christmas) and then using the little touch pen to tap on countries, and repeats the name of the country in her "I love you to X and back". It's fairly random, but I have noticed that she seems to have an affinity for the following places:
- Antarctica - because that's where penguins are.
- Madagascar - because that's where the animals in the movie by the same name ended up
- Canada - because that's where Grandma Anne, Grandpa Jerry, Aunt Sarah, Uncle Mike, Aunt Glad, Cousins Jake, Stef, and Kip, and a whole host of other aunts, uncles, and cousins live.
- United States - because that's where we live
- The compass rose in the middle of the atlantic ocean - and yes, she does say "I love you to Compass Rose and back" when she touches it :-)
- The circle representing the entire planet Earth in the middle of the pacific ocean.
- China - because that's where everything is made. Including, according to Bobbin, all china.
- Kazakhstan - for what reason, I'm not sure. But she touches it an awful lot. It is a fairly large country, and on her globe it is pink in colour, which is probably the attraction :-)
She's getting pretty good at remembering which country is which at this point.
Wedding Bells
We were in the fabric store the other day so I could spend the gift certificate a friend gave me for my brithday, lined up at the cutting counter to get my selected fabrics cut to the length I needed. It was our turn and we stepped up to the counter. The lady at the counter asked "What are you making" (which I have learned in the last few months is a standard question asked by all ladies at all cutting counters in all fabric and craft stores everywhere) and Bobbin piped up and shouted "She's making me a DRESS!!!!". The lady smiled and told her she was a lucky girl. And Bobbin responded "I KNOW! And when I'm all growed up, she's going to make me my WEDDING DRESS TOO!" which was the first I had heard this plan of hers. Good to know now; gives me lots of time to practice :-)
Hockey Fever
When we were visiting the folks for Christmas my dad bought Bobbin a brand new pair of ice skates and we went skating almost every day while we were there. On the last couple of times we went, Bobbin started letting go of my hand and practicing on her own. At one point, she actually moved herself about an 8th of the way around the ice rink on her own (holding the boards). We're talking a real hockey sized ice rink, not the little cutsy outdoor ones that she's skated on in our area that are more for "festive atmosphere" than for any real skating or exercise :-). She was so excited by her accomplishment that she took my hand at the end, jumped up and down (on the ice, with both feet, quite high) and yelled "MOMMY! I DID IT! I SKATED BY MYSELF! NOW I CAN PLAY HOCKEY!" I was so proud :-)
She starts her first official lessons, in a class with instructor, on Saturday the 16th. I'm not sure who's more excited - her or me :-)
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