Hopefully this story will translate well since it's being written and it won't make my child sound like a brat! :) We've been working with Karys lately on how to ask for things properly, partly based on the story you're about to read. For anyone that doesn't know, Karys is being seen by a speech therapist for some speech delays. One of the things she can't do is repeat after you if you use too many words. For example, if I tell her to say, "May I watch Elmo, please?" she'll say, "Elmo, please!" So I've been shortening it and having her repeat, "May I," "watch," "Elmo, please." and now she remembers it all and can say it by herself. We just started having her say this much because I used to accept her just saying, "Elmo, please." Or, "Juice, please." So here's the funny story:
There have been a couple of occasions where Karys wants something and when she decides she wants something she will not give up on it. Usually she just repeats herself over and over, even if I've said no or not now. So on this particular occasion she wanted to watch Elmo. So she said, "Elmo, please." I think I just ignored it at first so she kept saying, "Elmo, please. Elmo, please." I probably finally said, "No, not right now." But still, she kept going: "Elmo, please. Elmo, please." And when she didn't get the response from me she wanted she goes, "Yo! Elmo!" (If this makes her sound bratty, it's not meant to...it was totally hilarious!!) I really have no idea where she got the word, "Yo!" but it cracked me up. Although after thinking about it for awhile, I have one place where she might have gotten it. If you don't watch "Sesame Street" daily like we do, you might not know about a new segment they have called "Murray Had A Little Lamb." There is an orange monster on "Sesame Street" now whose name is Murray and sometimes he and his little lamb go and visit different schools (ex. karate school, ballet school, etc.) and the segment has a theme song. It starts out singing, "Murray has a little lamb..." to the tune of "Mary Had A Little Lamb," then breaks out into a rap that goes, "Yo! Murray has a little lamb who wears a little bow..." That's the only place I can think of where she would've heard someone say "Yo!"
*Disclaimer: She does not get what she wants for saying, "Yo! Elmo!" just in case you thought I might let her have anything she wanted for being cute/funny. :)
*Second Disclaimer: This story was intended to make you smile/laugh. Hopefully it did that and nothing more. :)
3 comments:
LOL....that made me laugh! And it also made me judge you as a parent :) (totally kidding!!)She's a funny girl!!
Too cute! Does not sound bratty, just funny. Did make me smile.
Hey Janette! It's really good and we only had to watch it once. I'll loan it to you.....it's actually a copy someone gave me a long time ago. I don't know if it's magic but it worked for him. It just made it not so scary I think b/c It showed lots of kids going to the potty and even though he's seen the girls he needed to hear it was ok from someone besides us! ha. We used jelly beans too and after a couple of days he just quit asking for them. It has been easier than the girls once he fially started bc I guess the can hold it well at 3. We won't be at church this sunday b/c going to watch a friend get baptized at another church but call me if you want to stop by and get it!
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