Just a Little Bit Old

The other day Anna and I were looking at something (I don't remember what) and I told her it was my grandmother's.  She asked me where my grandmother was and I told her that she had died a number of years ago.  Anna sucked in her breath and said increduously "She DIED??????  Why did she die?".  Without getting into the ins and outs with her I just told her that my grandmother had gotten old and that when people get older things are more likely to happen to them and they die.  Anna thought about this a minute and said "was she really, really, really old?".  I told her that she was.  Anna then asked "are you really, really, really old?".  I assured her that I was NOT really, really, really old.  After a few seconds Anna agreed with me and said "Yah, you're just a little bit old Mama". 

Yup, that's me.  Just a little bit old.

An Interesting Conversation

Anna and I had an interesting conversation while in the car the other day.  It was one of the few times in my life that I really didn't know what to say.  At all.  Whatsoever.
We passed an apartment that I used to live in a long time ago which sparked the following:

M: "Look Anna.  See that house?  Used to live in an apartment there a long time ago."
A: "Where was I?"
M:  "It was looooooong before you were born."
A:  "Oh.  But where was I?"
M:  "I didn't have you yet.  You weren't in my belly yet."
A.  "Oh."  She was quiet a few seconds then "Mama?  How did I get in your belly?"

I was silent.  I didn't know how to answer it.  She is only 3.5 so I was desperately trying to think of a way to answer for her age. Flustered I give out the following response...

M: "Well when mommies really want babies and are ready to have them they just get them in their bellies."  Yes. That is really the answer I gave.  How ridiculous was that? Especially because, yup, you guessed it, she followed up with this question:

A: "But how did I GET IN there?"
M: "Well, I just told you Anna.  When mommies really want babies and are ready to have them they just go in their bellies."  Logically I was thinking, since that response was so good the first time, why not say it again, right?

A: "But Mama, HOW DID I GET IN THERE?" 

My response to this was completely absurd and I am sure will go down in history as one of my true failure moments as a mother.  With, I am certain, panic in my voice at the prospect of discussing this any longer, I said:

M: "I don't know!  I don't know, okay? I have no idea how you got in there, you just did! Let 's talk about something else!"

Seriously.  That's the best I could do.  I sincerely promise to do better when she is older ; ).

Funny Friday (But Really Saturday)

Some funny things from the week:
*Somehow Anna changed the language on her portable DVD player to French.  I didn't even notice it.  After a few minutes Anna said "Mama, what's wrong these people?  They are talking all wonka."

*Anna likes to make up names for items, sometimes even if she knows the right name for what the item is  A favorite go-to, made up name she uses a lot is "ponna".  Sometimes it is hard to decipher which "ponna" she is referring to.

*We have been making frequent trips to the library.  We rarely make it there for story time because of swimming lessons but we still go and get books.  One day, the Children's Librarian came up and asked if there was anything in particular Anna was looking for.  Anna said "Oh yes. Scooby Doo books.  Lots of Scooby Doo books.  And ballerina books since I'm gonna be one soon.".  This is definitely one of those you "had to be there" things to really know how funny it sounded.  She said it so seriously and maturely.  Also, it reminded me that I am going to have to make a decision about which one of the two dance schools I am looking into I want to send her to in the fall!

*One day Anna was telling my mom about something or other that she wanted.  My mom jokingly said to her "Anna, you can't have everything you see."  Anna looked at her and said very seriously "Why yes I can."  This is funny because Anna doesn't usually ask for much (other than Scooby Doo videos) or if she does and you tell you no she has never, ever had a fit about not getting something.  I have always been able to take her in toy stores and we have always made a swing through the toy section on Wal-Mart runs without incident.  So, to hear her so confidently tell my mom that "yes she can" have everything was too funny!

*We have gone to few of the Summer Children's Theater shows at the mall after swimming lessons on Tuesdays.  This past Tuesday I knew it was going to be a turtle birthday party show and that kids were going to get a cupcake.  I asked Anna if she wanted to go, told her about the live turtles they would have there and told her about the cupcake.  She said she didn't want to go because cupcakes are too messy. Funny thing because this child never passes up cake of any variety.  So knowing this, we went anyway.  Anna wasn't really into the show because she couldn't see (as a result of swimming lessons we got there like 5 minutes before it started).  When the show was over I asked her if she wanted to get the two turtle song CDs that they were passing out for free. She said "Nah, I just want a cupcake.  Where are they?".  Hmmmmm....now that's the Anna I know!

*Perhaps the funniest thing of the week occurred at swimming lessons.  While she swims, I sit up on the bleachers.  On one particular day this week, I noticed that two of the instructors kept asking Anna something and then were laughing at whatever she was saying.  One of the teachers was one that hadn't been working with her group before and the other had.  This went on for a few minutes and I could only imagine what Anna was telling them that was so funny.  After swimming lessons were over, I went down to get Anna from the pool and the teacher that hadn't worked with Anna's group before came over and asked me what Anna's name was.  I told her and she laughed and said that Anna was INSISTING that her name was Daphne and wouldn't answer to Anna or Annalise.  I laughed and told her about Anna's obsession with Scooby Doo and that she pretends she is that character.  The teacher thought it was so funny.  She said that since she hadn't worked with her group before she had asked Anna her name to which she replied it was Daphne.  The other teacher overheard that and said told her that it was Anna.  Anna then said no it was Daphne.  This went on  until the other teacher (the one that had worked with the group) was confused and questioning herself and thinking that maybe she had been calling her the wrong name all along!  I can't believe Anna was able to convince her of that.  Maybe she has a career as a lawyer someday, or a politician :).  Anyway, another funny part of it was that the whole thing bothered Anna because afterward when she was getting changed in the locker room she knit her eyebrows together and said "Mama, what's wrong with swimming teachers?".  I asked her was she meant and she said "they tell kids that they can't pretend anything!".

Funny Friday (errr...Sunday)

A few funnies from the week:
-Anna's favorite thing to do since her infatuation with Scooby - Doo began is to "solve mysteries".  She will turn almost any circumstance into a mystery that needs to be solved.  A frequent saying you hear in our house nowadays is "Jinkies!  It looks like we have a mystery on our hands!".

-While Anna loves Scooby - Doo she continues to love all things girly.  She has found a way to mix the two. Anna's favorite character from Scooby is Daphne.  She claims that she is Daphne and will quickly point out that is her name, certainly NOT Anna or Annalise.  To incorporate her love of the Disney Princesses, she now claims to be "Princess Daphne".

-The other day we were cleaning and I thanked her for her help.  She said "Phew!  It was hard work for baby!".  I thought she was referring to herself as a baby so I said to her "Who is a baby?".  She immediately said "Not me!  I'm a big girl!  No babies in this house!".  Just to see what she would say I asked her what if there was another baby in the house someday.  She got really pensive and answered "No, you can just buy a baby statue of me."  Well there you have it.  No babies in this house, folks.

-The other night we were at Hunter's where there is a playground.  After we finished our dinner and ice cream we were playing.  Anna said she wanted to chase me (which she really likes to do lately for some reason) so I was jogging and she was following me running and laughing.  After a little bit I stopped and said "Oh, you caught me!".  Anna stopped running and said "What mama?".  I said, "You caught me.  You were chasing me and now you caught me."  Anna was just looking at me and I said "Did you forget that you were chasing me?".  She got a huge smile on her face and said "Yes.  I did forget that."  Leave it to Annalise to forget that she was chasing someone in the middle of chasing them.

-One night we went to feed the ducks and fish at the fish hatchery.  I pointed out the duck poop because some of it was in HUGE piles and I didn't want it all over the car.  I should have known better than to point it out because, as she has always been, she doesn't like getting dirty so that became a huge focus of hers the whole rest of the time we were there.  I just wanted her to be careful. Not make avoiding poop a full time job.  Anyway, as we were leaving she called out to the ducks, "Goodbye duckies!  You can poopie where ever you want to now!"

-I have mentioned before that when Anna is tired she cries pretty easily, usually over nothing.  The other night we were driving down the road she was tired and started crying.  As usually I asked her why she was crying and she said while she was SOBBING "Beacause they didn't send me my Stompies yet.....what is taking so long???????".  At first I had absolutely no clue what she was talking about.  Then I remembered that a few weeks ago she saw an ad for these slippers called Stompies on TV.  That day she said she wanted them and I answered her like I do most things....we will see waht you get when your birthday or Christmas comes around.  She didn't make a big deal out of the slippers, I never told her that I ordered them or that she would ever get them and she had not mentioned them at all since that day.  But, clearly in her 3.5 year old, sleepy state of mind, her lack of Stompies was very upsetting!

Funny Friday!

Like I stated previously, I really want to try to document weekly more of what Annalise says because unfortunately, I forget way too easily.  So I am taking a break from the updating and sharing some snippets from the week:

1. The other day we stopped at the ATM machine to get money.  Annalise calls paper money cash.  Under no circumstances are coins cash, they are just money.  I just wanted to clear that up because Anna is very insistent about that (incorrect) distinction between the two.  Whenever I stop at the ATM Anna wants an envelope from it.  On this particular day she asked for an envelope and asked for cash to put in it.  I handed her a $1 from my wallet.  As we were then driving down the road she was looking at the dollar bill and had this conversation with herself (which she is very good at doing and it is funny to listen to her ask herself questions and answer them).

"Oh, who is that on this cash?"
"This picture?  I'll tell you who it is!  It's George Washington!  That's who it is!"
"Who is George Washington?"
"George Washington is the president.  Yup, he's the president of North American Bloomsburg."


Close Annalise, but not quite =).


2. I had to go to a local campground to pick something up and as we were walking up to the office there had been a Momma cat and baby kittens relaxing on the porch.  As soon as we got close, they all scattered except for one little one.  It was timid, but fairly friendly and allowed us to pet it.  At first Anna was moving around it really quickly and fast, which was making the kitten nervous so I told her she had to quiet and gentle, etc.  She was doing well and petting it nicely while I was talking to the man from the office who had come outside to talk to us at this point.  Anna got a little bored of petting it and began twirling around the porch (because of course she had a tutu on over her shorts) and lost her footing and just caught herself before she landed on the poor kitten.  It startled me and I blurted out "Anna be careful you could have squashed the kitten!"  She stopped twirling and in in a complete state of seriousness said "That's OK Mama, we could fix it."

No Anna, sorry.  I know you have "super powers" because you tell me this on a daily basis, but we cannot fix a squashed kitten.

3. We were driving down the road and I had on one of her kid song DVD's.  At the beginning of one of the songs the guy said "Do you wanna boogie?".  A few seconds later Anna yelled "Ewwwwwwwww!" from the backseat.  Being that it was a few seconds later I didn't really know what she was "ewwwwing" at so I asked her.  Annalise, in a very disgusted voice said "He asked if I wanted a boogie!!!!!!"

I will spare you the conversation that followed about the distinction between a boogie from the nose and using the word boogie to refer to dancing ;).

4. On the 4th of July we went to a parade in the morning.  On the way home we stopped quickly at a convenience store.  Anna wanted to hold the cash which I let her do because she always wants to pay too.  The total of the items we had purchased was 3 dollars an some change and  had given her 5 one dollar bills so I told her to give the cashier 4 of the dollars, which she did.  Anna didn't really say anything else until we got to the car.  I went to buckle her in and noticed she was crying quietly.  I asked her what was wrong and she said she was upset because she only had "1 cash left".  I reminded her that we had to give the rest of it to the lady to pay for our items.  Anna, who was hot and tired and hungry at this point, started BAWLING and belted out "but Mama, I want A LOT of cashes!"  ("Cashes" is plural for the word cash in Anna-ese).  I assured her she was not alone and that Mama would like a lot of cashes too.


5.  Also on the 4th of July we were swimming and as we were swimming I was telling her a little about Independence Day.  At one point I referred to it as America's birthday.  Annalise said she wanted to sing Happy Birthday, so we did.  We were singing it loudly to the part where you had to insert the name of the person who's birthday it is and she stopped singing.  I sang "Happy Birthday dear Americaaaaaaa, Happy Birth-----".  Anna interrupted me at that point and put her hands on my cheeks and stared me in the face and very seriously asked "Mama.....who the heck is America?"  Sometimes the random, complete seriousness that overcomes her when she starts out being really silly makes the things she says sooooo much funnier!

Oh, Anna!

Annalise has said a few funny things this past week that I wanted to record so I don't forget.  I think on Friday's I am going to try to list a few funny things each week.  I find that unfortunately I forget way too fast the things she says.  I often go to re-tell a story and cannot remember specifically what it entailed just the fact that I found it funny.  Anyway.....

**Since Anna has really light blonde hair I really have to keep after it in the summer because the pool very easily turns it green.  Regardless of my efforts though it has turned slightly green each summer because she basically lives in our pool.  So anyway we were swimming and I reminded her that when we got out we needed to go right to the shower to wash out her hair (which she hates).  Even though she knows why, she was stalling and said kept asking a million questions.  She asked why it turns green and I explained it.  She then responded "No, that's not why it turns green!  It turns green because there is a green noodle in the pool!".  Yup, that must be it.  Problem solved.

**While driving down the road she was doing different things and asking me I could do them too.  For example she would click her tongue and ask me if I could.  I would say yes, do the action and then ask her if she could do something or other.  This continued for a while and then I whistled and asked her if she could (knowing she couldn't).  She was quiet for a minute then belts out "Nope.  I can't.  But thanks for askin'!"

**While at Wal-Mart we ran into a best buddy of hers from pre-school named Logan.  Long story short Logan moved in the early spring and switched pre-schools.  When he moved his mom left a note in Anna's cubby with their phone number to keep in touch because Logan just adores Anna.  Seriously, their teacher told me Anna was the only child Logan would talk to and play with and that he would just follow her around.  Unfortunately, I lost the misplaced the number so that was that.  Anna would mention Logan every now and again and I would tell her that she would see him again even though I didn't know how at that point.  So fast forward to recently we saw Logan and his family at Wal-Mart and we exchanged numbers (Logan and Anna were so cute together).  After we left she kept asking and asking when she could see him again to play.  I told her that since we had their number now that I could call and we would set something up.  She looks at me all seriously and said "Mama, I'm a big girl. If you want to call his mom OK, but I will call Logan myself thanks."  First of all, thanks for the permission to call his mom but no, Anna, you may not call boys and set up dates at the age of 3.  Sorry.

**This was was relayed to me by my mom.  For whatever reason they were talking about the dentist.  My mom asked Anna something about what a dentist does.  Anna told her that he "cleans your mouth."  My mom asked her why.  To this Anna replied "Well to get the barnacles off of your teeth!"  My mom thought it was really funny because she had no idea where she got that from.  Anna has a spongebob book where he goes to the dentist and they in they talk in the book about cleaning barnacles off the sea creatures' teeth in the book.  So, Anna carried that to real life and thinks that is why humans go to the dentist!

**The other day she went to lay down for a nap.  I thought she was asleep so I went outside to get in the pool to relax.  A short (very short) while later Anna comes outside with her swim suit on and said "Oh mama!  I was fast asleep and then I waked (woke) up and just had the best idea!  I should go swimming!".  And there went my relaxation.

**Anna is very much into Scooby Doo these days.  It is like the new Toy Story craze for her.  Long story short...... my 14 year old Siamese cat was missing and she and I were combing the neighborhood searching for him one night.  I was upset about it but I didn't want Anna to be upset so while I wanted to bawl about it I just made light of the situation to her.  As we were walking around shaking treats and calling for him Anna quickly turned it into a Scooby Doo mystery.  She told me she was Daphne and I was Velma.  Every small thing she would see she would get down close to it and day "I think I found a clue Mama!".  Just so you know, we found my cat.  Turns out he took a little two day vacay to the neighbors house.....like I said....long story.  As for the cat, he was informed that I don't care how old he is, he is not permitted to take his own vacations.

**When Anna is tired she easily cries about things that don't make any sense at all.  One night she was crying because she was tired.  I asked her why she was crying and she responded between sobs "because I don't know enough about being a princess".  Actually though, I beg to differ.  I my opinion Miss Annalise knows quite a lot about being a princess.  She is fairly certain she is one and will announce this frequently.  I tell her that's fine she can be the princess but to just remember that her Mama is the queen =).


I can't really think of anything else at the moment although I am sure there is more. This girl has an explanation for everything.....and if she doesn't know she makes one up pretty quickly!

Who Is Your Favorite Princess?

One of Anna's swimming teachers relayed this conversation to me.  The conversation took place while she was swimming with Anna in the pool. The teachers always try to strike up conversations with the kids while swimming. Being shy, sometimes Annalise will talk to them and sometimes she just swims along with a smile on her face.

Teacher:  "So, who is your favorite princess?"
Anna:  Anna doesn't answer her and just swims along.
Teacher:  "So who is your favorite one?  Belle?  Cinderella? Jasmine?.........."
Anna (with a serious look on her face and looking right at the teacher):  "I am my favorite princess."

Crack.  Me.  Up.

Some Funnies

So frequently Annalise says things that crack me up and then I forget them so quickly.  Here are four things she said recently that stand out in my mind and really made me laugh:

*Today we dropped Riley off at the groomer to get a bath.  When we picked her up I was petting her and telling her that she smelled so good.  Annalise leans over and sniffs really deeply and said "Oh, she does smell good!  She smells just like a snack!"

*Anna and I were at Petco picking out a "special surprise" for Riley to give her after her grooming appointment.  Annalise likes to look at the animals so we walked around a bit.  She stopped short in front of the rats and her eyes got big.  When I asked her what she was looking at she said that the rats were sleeping with snakes.  What she was actually seeing was their long (might I add completely disgusting) tails in the heap of rats sleeping together.

*Anna does well walking in stores and usually will not pick things up and will stay right with me (her shyness really pays off in that regard).  I do remind her though whenever we enter a store that she needs to stay right with me, only look with her eyes not her hands, yadda, yadda, yadda.  Well we were in Wal-Mart and I bent down to look at something and picked it up.  She came right over to me and said "Now Mommy.  Please don't touch.  You are only apposed (supposed) to look with your eyes, bebember (remember)?"  She was really serious about it too!

*Emmy (Emily) was going on vacation and Annalise stopped at her work the day she was leaving.  I told Anna to tell her to have a nice vacation.  Anna looked at her and it sounded like she said "Happy Fornication!"  Ummmmm, what?!?!?!?!?

Anna's Pics

Every now and again, Annalise will get a hold of the camera and snap some pictures.  Sometimes she does this without me even knowing it until I go to load them on the computer and there are 85 million random pictures like the example below!  I do have to admit though that she has gotten some good ones and some that I have been very surprised to see.....like the day I went running to answer the phone in a towel after a shower.  I didn't know the little stinker had snapped pictures of me!

A Few Anna Funnies

These might me some "you had to be there" stories but they were oozing with cuteness when they happened!

*When at the Children's Museum the other day, a little girl walked up to Anna and said "Hi, what is your name?".  Anna just stared at her so I told her to tell the girl her name.  Anna said really fast "AnnaliseOliviaHess!".  The girl got a puzzled look on her face because I think she had absolutely no idea what Anna said and ran off.  It was really cute.

* One of the presents Anna got for Easter was a Play-Doh kit.  In the kit there is a tool called a Confetti Maker that you push the Play-Doh through a tube and then turn a wheel to cut it into little bits that are shaped like stars and other things.  The first time she used it, she used yellow Play-Doh.  When it came of the Confetti Maker, Anna glanced at it a moment and then excitedly exclaimed, "Oh!  It make corn!".

*The other night Anna was playing with a Diego bracelet that she got at a Birthday Party last year.  I reminded her that it was from that party and then told her that that same boy had a Buzz Lightyear party this year and asked her if she remembered that.  When I said "Buzz Lightyear party"  Anna looked at my kinda oddly and said "Buzz Light MY party".  She thought I was saying Buzz LightYOUR party. 

Another Anna Funny

For Christmas, Annalise received a Hallmark recordable book from her Grammy.  Annalise has listened to the book so much that the other day when we got into the car out of the blue she said "Frosty The Snowman.  To my granddaughter, Annalise.  Read to you by Grammy".  This might be one of those "you had to be there" kind of things, but it was really funny!

A Couple of Anna Funnies

**We were looking through the Birthday Kids pictures in the newspaper.  This is a weekly thing for Annalise and I.  She likes to look at them and will ask me what each kid's name is.  We got to a little girl named Riley.  Annalise asked me the girl's name and I told her.  She looked at the picture again and then looked up at me puzzled and said "Mommy, that's not Riley!".  She was confused because that is our dog's name too!

**The other day Anna and I were going through her clothes which is still something that she likes to do frequently.  She also still likes to try things on too.  Anyway, Annalise looked at her outfit and looked in the mirror and turned to me and said "Mommy, you should always accessorize!".  This is line from one of her favorite Olivia books but it was really funny to hear her say.  Especially since it was in the right context!

Stating the Obvious

There were two times this past week that Annalise was able to point out the obvious answer to a question when as adults, we totally expected something else.  It was funny though because each time she answered she said it with tone of "Well duh, what are you thinking?"

The first time was when we were talking about her birthday party and she was asked what she wanted for her birthday.  Anna completely stopped playing and turned around and said in the funniest tone "Uhhh, presents."  Of course! 

The second time was when Anna and I were doing some shopping last Friday night.  We were in Target and I realized I forgot my list.  Our conversation went something like this:
Me: "Oh no! I forgot my list!" 
Anna:  "Oh no!"
Me:  "I hope I didn't forget anything."  "Do you think I forgot something?"
Anna: "Yes"
Me: "Really?  What do you think I forgot?"
Anna:  Looking at me again with the same "Duh-what-is-wrong-with-you-mommy" look in her eyes paused and replied "the list!!!"
I laughed and kind of sighed when I was done laughing.  Anna then said with pity in her voice "That's OK, mommy's tired"  which made me laugh even more. 
I swear the conversations I have with this 2 year old are so funny!

Haven't We All Had Days Like This?

I have no idea what this face was all about.

Crack. Me. Up.

Is Anna Trying To Tell Me Something?

Last night Annalise really cracked us up.  She organized the things in her purse, snapped it closed and then announced to me that she was going to Wal-Mart.  I played along and said bye and told her to buy me something nice.  As she was "leaving" to go to Wal-Mart, which turned out to be the kitchen, she said to me that she was going to buy me some contacts (I think she meant contact solution).  Once out in the kitchen she poked her head around the corner to me and yelled "and deodorant!".  Was she giving me a hint?  =)   Of course because we laughed at her then the whole rest of the night she was saying "I buy Mommy deodorant!".

Strike a Pose

The other day Annalise wanted this headband and hair bow in her hair (we went for a bike ride later in the day and actually had to convince her to take it off to put her helmet on)! She then added the strand of shiny beads and wanted me to take her picture.  Notice though that it was a huge game because she was just running around like a mad woman but saying "Picture, Mommy!" and "Cheese!".  Not sure what it was all about but when I looked through the pictures when we were done I got a few good laughs!

This was when I knew Anna was done. 

She was once again "camera annoyed" and would not look at it!

The Moon is Broken!

Annalise and I were outside the other evening and we were able to see the moon starting to come out.  Anna saw the moon and said, "Look! It's the moon!"  She then stopped and stared at it for a few seconds clearly thinking about something when she said is a very concerned voice, "Mommy, the moon is broken!"  Whatever the phase is of the moon right now, I don't know, but it is not full and not crescent (yes, I know I am a science teacher but I am a biology teacher, LOL).  Annalise thought that since it looked a little different that it was broken!  She keeps me laughing!

"Well These Are Weird"

When I had Annalise at the playground yesterday, the steps leading up the slide were weirdly shaped in my opinion.  I said out loud "well, these are weird" and Annalise kept repeating it the entire time we were there.  It was kinda funny to see people look at her as she went down the slide exclaiming how weird it was and then stated how weird the see-saws were and how weird the jungle gym was, etc., etc.,  Oh, my little parrot!

Pile On!

The other night when we were getting ready for her bath, Annalise climbed into the rocking chair and asked me to get some of her stuffed animals.  She is really starting to love her animals and play with them a lot.  She likes to "read" to them, rock them, hug and kiss them, "feed" them with a spoon and take them for walks in her "baby cart" or for a spin in her car outside.  Anyway, on this night she wanted some of them in the chair with her.  It started with two and then it became a game.  This was the end result of the game.....

She kept asking for more and more.  She finally exclaimed "All done!" at this point!

"Moooooooooomyyyyyyyyy" and "Mommy-Lise"

Lately, I have been greeted with "Mooooooooomyyyyyyyyyyyy" coming over the monitor in the morning.  Up until this past week she just used to sit in her crib and talk to her stuffed animals or sing songs until I would go over and get her.  This week she has decided she does not have time for that anymore =).  Instead she just sits there saying a long drawn out "Mommy" until I go over.  I do have to admit that it is the best way to wake up in the morning (also because she still sleeps until 8 =)).
Another thing she has started doing this past week is putting the word "Mommy" in front of things or substituting it altogether for something else.  For example, tonight I was eating popcorn and she asked what it was.  I told her it was popcorn and she said "Oh, it Mommy-Corn" and now she actually calls it Mommy-Corn.  She has done this a bunch of times this week with things but the one other time that stands out to me was the other night.  We were looking in the mirror on the back of the dining room hutch.  She was kind of peeking around stuff and I said "Where's Annalise?".  She said back to me with a smile on her face "I don't know, where Mommy-lise?" =).