Sunday, March 8, 2009

Not Much of a Girly-Girl

From CrynFiction


Apparently, I'm not much of a lady... Or so my four year old son tells me. We were sitting at dinner the other night and I was focused. My stomach had been seriously growling at me for the past two hours, so when I finally got the food on the table and ready to go, I was in the zone. Once I'm in that zone, good luck trying to get my attention for anything if you need something. Elliott was encountering this hungry girl phenomenon that particular evening, so Daddy was explaining to him like this, "Sometimes Mommy is just a really hungry girl, so you have to shout at her, 'Hey Cryn! I need a napkin!' like that, ok?"

That was when Elliott jumped in with his two cents. "But Mommy is not a girl!"

"Oh really?" I laughed. "What do you mean, I'm not a girl?" (Apparently I wasn't too hungry to hear this part of the conversation.)

"Yeah," Elliott replied, "You're not really a girl, because you do things that girls don't do..."

"Like what?" I was getting really interested in this, now.

"Like... wipe people... Like boys... and girls... Yeah, girls, like Allison and Rachel, can't really wipe people, because they're just girls. And you're not a girl."

"Oh, so what you're saying, is that I've got mad skills then?" I asked.

"Yeah."

Okay, I can live with not being a real girl as long as he admits that I have some mad skills... Apparently my niche is wiping butts.

Happy Monday!

10 comments:

The Montgomerys said...

That is hilarious. Really, really funny. He is such a cutie...oh my. Is that the walk you were talking about?

Oh, and little Caiden...so cute.

Hi Grace :)

Love

MON

jess said...

Gee, if I didn't bail on Friday maybe I would have made it onto your blog. Missed you guys and our walk!!!

This is really funny, by the way :)

bethany actually said...

That's hysterical. :-)

Rachel was like.... said...

that is awsome.. i was laughing so hard. and i seriously love this picture of you running. you look victorious over something.

Nina49a said...

Well, we all have our niche in life...and i say we enjoy this butt wiping season to the fullest!!..Elliott's little personality cracks me up.I bet conversations between he and Caiden will be hilarious.

allisonescalante said...

yes, i am a Lady! i do not wipe butts. though... i did have to die to my flesh one day and actually wipe his butt. I WAS SO PROUD OF MY ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT DAY!!! hahaah. and i wipe caiden's butt all the time. its just the whole Poop thing that freaks me out.

Corynne Escalante said...

monica: yep, that's our walk... 6 miles--or so they say...

jess: we missed you, too! next time...

rachel: i was victorious! you can't tell in the picture, but that was a really steep hill we were climbing!

Magdalene Barbara said...

AH! SO FUNNY! I'm not a girl either then...Oh Elliott...

wrecklessgirl said...

hahaha! oh my!!! i love that picture, too!

Anonymous said...

Ha! Ha! This is so funny! Those walking paths in Nor CAL are amazing. I sure miss those down here.