Ussins

• Nem, last night: "But sometimes I forget what someone says, right as soon as quick. Even just the next time….And…what did you just say?" #

• I think it was last summer our pet goldfish Skike (named by Mago) died. The kids tried to find his buried carcass today. Nem misses him. #

• @ImaginaryZina what's illogical about elementary sadomasochism? This is simple stuff. Inflicting self-harm is fun! I'm very expert at it. in reply to ImaginaryZina #

• Any time I give Tia a hug, dear Nem perks up and runs to us, then stands eagerly on tip-toe, arms stretched up to us. #

Me: Your world has a thousand times more wonders and distractions than mine did.
Mago: Because you didn’t have the internet.
Me: I didn’t have internet games, or games on phones, or really advanced consoles for games like the Wii. But I did have computers I played games on, and the Nintendo.

[I wish I had said: "We played Angry Birds through the snow uphill to and from school. And we liked it."]

Mago: What computers?
Me: I had the Commodore 64.
Mago: What’s the Commodore 64?
Me: (face of dissapointment) That old computer I’ve shown you. With the giant keyboard.
Mago: Oh. What’ju play on it?
Me: A lot of things. That game “HARD HAT MACK” I’ve shown you, and a game called “ZORK” where it’s like you talk to the book–
Mago: Oh, and that game where you’re a mouse in a maze.
Me: “RADAR RAT RACE.” Right.
Mago: Wait. What’s “BLACK HAT SMASH?”
Me: Huh?…I think you mean “HARD HAT MACK?”

• Because Nem has a hard time with her Rs, she says Ws. She also transposes and copies difficult vowels, in "Dwiffewent." So cute #

Every day is a battle to get vegetables into Nem’s tummy. (Nem is four years old at this writing.)

This evening:

Tia: Nem, come here and get some veggies in your tummy…
Nem: Actually, I don’t very much eat those.

I chuckle.

Nem: What? What’s funny?
Me: You are.
Nem: No I’m not.
Me: I think you’re being very silly.
Nem: No, that’s not silly!

Later, I could’nt recall how she phrased her reply (to write this), so I asked her.

Me: Nem, what did you say about vegetables?
Nem: I said I don’t very much eat those…And it’s not funny. At all.

• Tia, as we watch an episode of STAR TREK TNG: "So nerdy. I can't believe you're inducting them to this." 4yo Nem: "Where's Princess Leia?" #

• @spam @MarvellaGano160 and THEN I get iphone spam (from a bot?) when I describe, via twitter, evil apps! #meta #irony https://t.co/huLP7SWb #

• On two occasions, two different iPhone apps marketed to kids have brought up pornographic ads/ads for such apps. I intercepted both, but– #
• Don't let your child play *any* game without screening it yourself first. BOO to irresponsible developers! Also, YAY to #netflix for kids! #

• Nem, at the start of the circus, points to a giant spherical cage and asks: "Is that for a giant hampster?" #

• My nephew's guess of a movie title in a game of charades: "Mr. Spock Goes to Town". LOL! #
• Nem tearfully refuses to eat a sandwhich because it will make her "grow up", and Dad doesn't play with her enough. That's true, will fix… #
• Tia, after a read of a book that described a tradition of asking this: "How has God's light touched your life?" Nem (emphatic): "I'm bored." #
• Far, far better bored than entertained but in the dark. #
• Nem cries for grandpa Riley Clark, whom she doesn't remember: "I miss him." Of Joan C. C. K., who died before Nem was born: "I miss her." #
• I have tasted the fruit of a tree sweeter above all. #

• I don't remember how she introduced this, but I told Nem I'm writing a story, and she suggested "..a story about a dragon named Rover." #