8/21/10

Secret Language Decoder

I know that everyone says that stay at home moms would be worth tons of money if they did the same amount of work for actual dollars, I totally agree. But while those totals include things like house cleaning and childcare, do they include the skills that I have acquired in translating secret kid languages? I'm thinking not, or it would be a lot easier for me to move to Maryland and work with Lauritz.
I know you are all thinking that my 2 speaking children do it well enough not to need translation, but you have to remember that while they know all the words they are using, they don't always use them correctly. Just 2 examples from the last few days.

We spotted a windmill while driving downtown that got Gavin thinking about power...
Gav- "Did you know that you don't need wires if you have silver pedals?"
Caleb- "WHAT?" (I know, you are all thinking it too.)
Gav- "If you have silver pedals at your house you don't need wires to get power."
Me- After sharing a confused look with Caleb. "Um, Ok. What are silver pedals?"
Gav- "You put them on your roof," waits for us to catch up, "And when the sun shines down..."
Caleb and I at the same time- "OH, Solar Panels!"
Gav- kind of annoyed with us, "Right. Solar panels give you power so you don't need wires."
Gee, can't figure out why we were a bit behind on that one.

Then Henry, who talks up a storm when he decides he wants to, came into the kitchen the other morning while I was loading the dishwasher...
H- "Is that what Dad and I make next year?"
M- Once again the "WHAT?"
H- "Next year dad and I were making that, is it done?" (keep in mind Henry tells a lot of stories that are not in the least bit true and start with phrases like "when I was really big" or "one time when I was a small boy")
M- "What are you going to make with dad? I don't know what you mean."
H- "Dad and I were mixing up the bananas..." waits for me to catch up "and put them in the ice cream maker..." still waiting for his clueless mom
M- "Oh. Are these the dishes from the ice cream that you and dad were mixing last night?"
H- "Yeah." Then he gives me a look like I am the most clueless women on the planet.
M- and all I can say is, "Yes, they are."

It's amazing that I can even think or speak in English anymore, so don't judge me when it turns out that nothing I saw makes sense.

1 comment:

hawsfam said...

The other day Grace kept saying she had a "suicide playdate" when what she really meant was "marathon playdate" because she had four playdates in one day. I'm with you...my brain is totally scrambled.