Today we met Patty, Charlotte and Tommy at the library for a playdate, which was awesome. Joie and Charlotte got along splendidly, Tommy is adorable even though he's teething (poor baby!), and the mommies got to talk about grown up things, even, gasp!, books! We definitely need to play again soon.
After they left, we decided to pick out a few books, and Joie wanted a dinosaur book. You see, her current favorite toon in Dinosaur Train on PBS, so she's gotten very attached to learning about them. After picking out a book about Tyrannosaurus and other meat-eaters (which she informed me are carnivores), we left for the grocery store to pick up lunch meat for daddy. For us, that is never a short trip; you see, Joie already has one of the guys who works at the deli counter trained, so if he sees us coming, he has a piece of yellow circle cheese (Colby for those keeping track) ready for her. Today, however, he was not there and Joie was very disappointed that there was no cheese waiting for her. She asked the lady at the counter for a piece of cheese, and the lady asked me if she liked cheese. Those of you who have been around Joanna know that you don't get to talk around her and pretend like she isn't there. Deli counter lady obviously was unaware of this and was promptly put on notice by Joie. The conversation basically amounted to Joie: "Excuse me, I like cheese. You see, I'm an omnivore, and omnivores eat lots of different things like fruit, vegetables, meat, doughnut holes and cheese. Carnivores just eat meat, and herbivores just eat plants, but I eat everything. Can I please have my yellow circle cheese?" Deli counter lady (who has obviously never had a three year old explain life to her): "Um, of course, dear. (To me) My, does she understand what she's talking about? She uses awfully big words." Now, I realize that I take for granted the fact that Joie has pretty much always talked like a grown up, but this cracked me up. I'm going to guess that next time she just gives Joie the cheese.
Oh, that is just priceless. Way to go, Jo, for putting deli counter lady in her place! I am totally impressed by her vocab, too!
ReplyDeleteIt's not the same, but back when I was pregnant with Tommy, I had drawn pictures of shapes for Charlotte at the dr. office. The dr. was talking to Charlotte and pointed to a shape and said, "Oh, look, there's a moon." And Charlotte said, "No, that's a crescent."