lela funnies

riding home in the car from preschool today...

me: "so, what did you have for snack today?"
lela:  "nothing."
me:  "i bet you ate SOMETHING on the blue plates, like you usually do."
lela: "no, no snack today.  i stuck my head out the window and ate grass."
me:  "OOOOOH, just like morris."
lela:  "yeah, for when i grow up to be a moose."

i guess the "morris goes to school" book has given her some pointers...

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from december:

took lela to see the base christmas tree lighting... 

me: "lela look at those gorgeous star lights" (on the poles lining the streets of base)
l: "YEAHHH! they are hot."
me: "yes, just like lightbulbs... they are hot"
l: "yeah, just like meatballs too."  :)

lela saw the band director with antlers on and a rudolph nose and asked... "mama, what's that?"  i said, "that's a woman wearing antlers like a reindeer".  she said, "yeah, just like imogene."  :)

when we left base she got sad and kept asking where santa went... i told her he was going home, back to the north pole to make toys.  she said, "yeah, he's going to the pool."  :)

again on the way home, she was nonstop about where santa went and i reiterated that he was flying home in his sleigh to the north pole, she said, "yeah, just like daddy."  :)

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other than that, 27 weeks pregnant with a boy or girl, docs still can't see!  the baby's legs are always tightly shut.  the last two times, they have guessed "girl" though.... so we're banking on that!  next appointment is april 8th, the day after our 10 day eastern euro road trip which starts this friday.  

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me:  "lela, put your ear on my belly and tell me what you hear."
lela:  "ok...... (long pause)....... i hear a duck.  a duck is quacking."
me:  "in my belly?"
lela:  "yup, it's a duck."