{"id":4056,"date":"2013-01-09T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2013-01-09T18:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2022-03-25T21:55:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T04:55:24","slug":"gems-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2013\/01\/09\/gems-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Gem’s gems"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

3-year-olds say the darnedest things. For instance, my 3-year-old said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Dammit.<\/em>” When I turned to look at her, she responded in her most matter-of-fact voice, “I say that now.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gem, January 2012<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

She said a lot this past year, most of which I have already forgotten. There were a few zingers that stood out for me, like<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I’m beautiful and frustrated.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“NO! I not contrary!<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I had a case of the blahs, she said “Mommy, you can dance if you want to<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I told her, “I love you more than pork chops,” she corrected me, saying “No, Mommy. You love me more than chocolate<\/em>.” And she was right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked her why her crayons were all over the place. She replied, “I was using them as fairy dust<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One day, she informed me that “Hide and seek is my favorite, favorite game. Can we play hide and seek?<\/em>“
“Sure,” I replied. So she walked over to the keyboard and started playing it.
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“We need some hiding music.<\/em>“
And then, I’m pretty sure I heard her say “Duh!<\/em>” under her breath.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the 647,251,986th time of being asked for stickers, I said, “I’m all out of stickers. Stop asking me for stickers.”
“Mommy, I need something that’s a little bit sticky on the back and has a picture on the front.<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we were shopping for Christmas gifts at the mall, she named off the type of store as we walked past each one… “shoe store, jewelry store, hat store…<\/em>” then, as we walked past Victoria’s Secret, she said “balloon store…<\/em>“<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and then one night as I was tucking her in, my sweet little girl said “When you’re done giving me hugs and kisses, I’m going to need more hugs and kisses<\/em>.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gem, January 2013<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I can’t wait to see what she comes up with next.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What are you’re favorite kid sayings?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

3-year-olds say the darnedest things. For instance, my 3-year-old said: “Dammit.” When I turned to look at her, she responded in her most matter-of-fact voice, “I say that now.“ She said a lot this past year, most of which I have already forgotten. There were a few zingers that stood out for me, like “I’m beautiful and frustrated.“ 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