In an effort to preserve her thoughts for posterity (and potential future blackmail), here are some more excerpts from my recent conversations with Emma...
#1) Is an apple a day REALLY a good idea???
Emma has been VERY into all things princess lately and one of her current favorite movies is Snow White. So I was watching it with her the other day and Emma became quite concerned when Snow White ate the poison apple and died...
Emma: What happened to Snow White?
Me: She ate the apple and died?
E: The apple killed her?
M: Yes. (as I think to myself about that damn prince that will be coming soon and how I'm supposed to explain the finality of death versus sleeping till a prince awakens you...)
E: So the witch gave her an apple and she died?
M: Yes, the apple was poisoned.
E: So she bited the apple and it made her die?
Me: Yes, the witch gave her an apple and she bit it and she died.
* At this point there is a loonnng thoughtful pause from Emma, where you can practicially see the gears processing in her head.... After about two minutes,
E: Hmmm... T.J. likes Apples.
M: (non-committal nod, as I process what she just said) Whaa-???
Emma (with a big smile): I like oranges and neck-a-reens (nectarines)!
I'm not quite sure what to make of this conversation... Was it a smile of relief that she feels safe in her fruit choices? Or an impish smile as she plans to give her cousin an apple the next time he tries to take a toy away? Either way, it was funny to watch her process this!
#2: Princess Digestive Ailments...
We went to Disneyland last week and Emma got a new toy (surprise, surprise). This time she chose a princess doll (again, surprise, surprise). This is actually a pretty cool doll though in that it is Snow White but, if you flip her upside down and fold her skirt back over her head, the doll is now the evil queen. It reminded me of a doll I had when I was little that was also 2-sided and was Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf. So the reminiscent quality of it could explain why I was willing to fork over the bucks for it when I am not normally a big doll person.
So Emma loves this doll and has been carrying it around and sleeping with it for the past week. Everyone came over for the 4th of July and Emma needed to immediately show off her doll to Katie and Lucy. She took them in the room and said "See? She's Snow White!" Then she proceeded to flip the doll over and exclaim, "And look! She has an evil queen up her butt!" Oh great. That's a wonderful way to describe your princess, Emma! And, if I'm not mistaken, Karen might have had something to do with accidentally introducing that colorful phrase into the children's lexicon... As Katie & Lucy attempted to stifle their giggles, T.J. came running in and announced to the room, "But I do NOT have an evil queen up in MY butt!" This just set the girls off again. Funny, funny kids who have no idea what they are actually saying!
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