February 10, 2010: Ivanisms
I've been wanting to write about Ivan's wit and just a funny way with words, but I never seem to know how to describe it really. So far he is the one kid that always seems to come up with something new to say or something to say in a new way. It's how his brain works. Instead of trying to explain this I'm just going to try to write down examples...
While fighting with Noni he looks up to me and cries: "Mama! Noni is breaking.. she is breaking she is breaking my feelings!"
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Ivan says to me: "I'm going to go find a new mama."
Me: Really? What's her name going to be?
Ivan: (With an expression of "duh"): Mama, of course!
Me: Duh. Sorry.
Ivan: She's going to let everyone do whateeeeever they want! .... Except! Be mean to someone!
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Ivan (singing): Oh Tannenbaum, oh Tannenbaum, wie gruen sind deine... Mama? How do you say "Wie gruen sind deine blaetter in English?"
Me (thinking he means English lyrics): You know, I don't know how that song goes in English.
Ivan: Oh Christmastree ... how green are your branches?
(So smart, my boy!)
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Ivan (looking at the American flag at half-mast at Stew Leonards): Mama, look! The flag is down. Somebody died. Who died?
Me: I don't know.
Ivan: Maybe Deda?
Me (avoiding the explanation that Stew Leonard's doesn't lower the flag for every death in the world): No, not Deda, he died long ago. Also, he wasn't in America.
Ivan: Hm... maybe it was Captain America, who died.
Posted by mama at 07:58 PM