Monday, January 5, 2009: (Stalling at bedtime) “I want something. In fact, I want a pillow.”
Thursday, January 15, 2009: “He rolled the sheep in the snow so his sister couldn’t find them.” On an unrelated note, I can’t believe it worked to say, “If you eat two pieces of broccoli you can have some salmon.”
Tuesday, January 27, 2009: Naomi hurt her foot and then laughed when Mom asked if we should get her a new one.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009: “I’m not awake.”
Sunday, February 15, 2009: Naomi, Kaspie, Milla, and Amu went to the Brooklyn Children’s Museum.
Saturday, February 21, 2009: Naomi has a stye, which, thankfully, doesn’t seem to be painful. I’m glad “The Goodhousekeeping Illustrated Book of Pregnancy & Baby Care” (which we received free from Blue Cross Blue Shield) has a pictures of a little girl getting a compress, as it put Naomi’s mind at ease for hers.
Sunday, February 22, 2009: Naomi, measuring her waist, proclaimed, “I’m six thirty.”
Monday, March 2, 2009: “We were going to name the new baby Babette, but Mommy’s not so sure about that.”
Thursday, March 5, 2009: The question of the day was “What is a mountain?” and Naomi answered, “I saw one and I went skiing on it.”
Monday, March 23, 2009: “Are you having fun?” Naomi asked her little sister through her mommy’s belly.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009: “What makes you happy, Naomi?” I asked. “Hugs,” she said.
Thursday, March 26, 2009: “No I’m a monster who doesn’t hug. I give one hug and that’s it.”
Sunday, April 5, 2009: “It’s not yummy enough.” –Naomi on the green bean she tried.
Thursday, April 16, 2009: Naomi does This is the Church, Ickle Me Pickle Me, and Fuzzy Wuzzy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eugcLypWUI
Monday, April 27, 2009: What did you say? I said something to myself. Oh, I thought you were talking to me.
Sunday, May 3, 2009: took Naomi fishing for the first time: http://picasaweb.google.com/durbinphotos/Fishing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fc3Agt6aP8
Wednesday, May 6, 2009: “Daddy, your arms are as long as a jump rope.”
Friday, May 8, 2009: “Everyone get on my sleeping bag. I don’t want to have to say it again, but I did.
Saturday, May 10, 2009: “We have to remember that we don’t run over cars.”
Saturday, May 16, 2009: “I have a question,” Naomi said after observing some older girls had some for the zookeeper. I told her to hold up her hand and wait her turn, which she did, very patiently, for at least a minute. “Do zebras have stripes all over their bodies?” she asked. “No,” the zookeeper replied, “they don’t have stripes on their bellies.”
Friday, May 22, 2009: “When I’m five years old I’m going to marry Luca.”
Friday, May 29, 2009: “There’s a bear out here. It’s a nice bear. It gives candy to big girls and grownups.” niphetophene
Saturday, May 30, 2009: “My feet are angry from running so much.”
Sunday, May 31, 2009: “When I grow up, I’m going to be a writer. Because I will write so many words and draw so many pictures. And when I grow old, everyone will call me ‘Writer Naomi’.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009: “Daddy I forgot to tell you a story. One day, a wolf came into the house and it was not a nice wolf. (pause) That’s the story. It’s a short story.”
Saturday, June 13, 2009: “I’m the only one with ketchup on my bread.”
Sunday, June 14, 2009: “Daddy, you have to put a blanket on my bear before he gets all fired up.”
Friday, June 19, 2009: At drop off today Naomi immediately started painting with the other girls. I pointed out that all the boys were punching the wall, and the teacher said, “Yeah, they do that.”
Wednesday, June 24, 2009: “I don’t want to be tickled in this instant.”
Saturday, July 4, 2009: “Once there was a ladybug who liked to eat wolves. She ate the wolf’s nose. Then all the other ladybugs ate the other parts. Then another ladybug said, ‘We don’t eat wolves. We eat other ladybugs.” And that’s the end.”
Sunday, July 5, 2009: “What do you want your story to be about? A skunk? Skunks are dirty. I’m not going to tell a story about a skunk. I’ll tell you a story about a snake.”
Wednesday, July 8, 2009: “I promise I won’t get raisin juice on you, Daddy.”
Thursday, July 9, 2009: “Once upon a time there was a turtle who liked to eat flowers. He ate lots and lots of flowers. One day he ate some people’s flowers and they said, ‘Hey, turtle, stop eating our flowers.’ The End.”
Wednesday, July 22, 2009: “When my tummy grows fat I’m going to stop eating.”
Tuesday, July 28, 2009: Lots of drawings of “a bulldog eating a whole duck.”
Wednesday, August 5, 2009: “I’m not going to pee until you get a book to read to me. I’ll give you one more chance.”
Tuesday, August 11, 2009: on the way home tonight: “You are as beautiful as the sky. I love you. And I am your big sister, Naomi.”
Friday, August 21, 2009: “Three year olds can do a lot of things and four year olds can do a lot more things and five year olds don’t need a daddy.”
Monday, August 24, 2009: “My poop is blue!” Naomi said excitedly after eating a popsicle of that color at the zoo yesterday.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009: I brought Naomi to the playground after school on my bike and when we got there she said, “Daddy, I love you as far as we biked.” On the swing she made up a song that went “my little sister’s name is Erika, Erika, Erika.”
Monday, August 31, 2009: I said, “Mr. Brown can whisper whisper very soft very high,” and Naomi whispered, “I love you, Daddy.”
Wednesday, September 2, 2009: “Daddy, boys can only have blue. What color do you want?”
Friday, September 4, 2009: “If I see a bad guy I’m going to run home and bring these scissors and snip him.”
Sunday, September 6, 2009: “If I wouldn’t have bubble wrap, I would go crazy.”
Friday, September 11, 2009: From today’s Preschool Daily Sheet: Naomi enjoyed watching “Harold + purple crayon” and she told about a song she knows called “No Woman No Cry” when a friend was upset.
Saturday, October 3, 2009: “We had a big day today,” said Naomi, referring mostly to her trip with mom and Erika to the Children’s Museum.
Sunday, October 4, 2009: “Only wolves think I taste like chicken.”
Saturday, October 10, 2009: “My baby got a gun to shoot the shark.”
Thursday, October 15, 2009: “I’ve been telling true life stories to Brian.”
Friday, October 16, 2009: At the last minute, Naomi decided against sleeping in a cardboard box tonight.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009: I sang “The Old Gray Mare” to Naomi and loved that she asked what “ain’t” means.
Thursday, November 5, 2009: “Did you know if you have some clear water and you put a drop of color in it, you can make it a color, and then you can make science!”
Sunday, November 15, 2009: I sang “He’s Got the Whole World in his Hands” to Naomi and she asked, “Where is he standing?”
Nov 15, 2009. potato caught fire, melted microwave. “I think smoke came out because Mommy cooked it a little too long.”
Monday, December 21, 2009: After handing out Christmas cards and gingerbread cookies to Naomi’s preschool teachers, her friend Julie came up and said, “We give presents to the people we love. And Naomi only loves me.”