A Conversation with a 5-year-old
September 29th, 2007While Cheri and I are on the phone the other night, Dani asks her mother to talk to me. First thing she says—more accurately, SHOUTS—is, “Hey, Krissy, when ya’ gonna have your BABY?!”
I explain that it won’t be until February. There is a confused pause. “In the spring,” I add. Another pause. “Not until after Christmas.”
“Christmas,” she says, “That’s after fall.”
Yep.
“Fall’s comin’ up soon, right?”
“Yes, it’s here now.”
“When are you gonna visit again and do all that stuff with us?” Here is an example of typical five-year-old max-out-on-subject-number-one-of-the-conversation. Her thoughts have now turned to the spoiling outings on which I take her and her sister when I fly to Pennsylvania.
Later in the conversation between her mother and me, Dani interjeted to suggest this name for the baby: Licorice.
September 30th, 2007 at 6:59 pm
Licorice is a great name for a baby if you want to be sure that later in life she’ll be a stripper.
October 1st, 2007 at 5:12 am
I like it! You can call her Nibs for short.
October 1st, 2007 at 10:29 pm
Twizzler works for a middle name. Particularly if she ends up with her mothers hair color.