J

Right after Christopher finished reading her a letter book.

Juliet proudly says: A,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,I,j,k.
She stops. You can see a thought blossoming in her mind. She gasps! Her eyes light up! She points her little figure in the air and says: Hey! There is a J in the alphabet.

Alicorn

Scene: Juliet Christopher and I are driving home from picking him up from school.

Me: what is that animal called that is a unicorn with wings?

Juliet: Alicorn

Christopher: Those don't really exist.

Juliet: Well not in this world (duh)!

Christopher: No, they don't exist.

Juliet: They exist in Equestria...

Christopher: Juliet that is just a tv show.

Juliet: Ya of a different world (and she is looking at him like she just doesn't understand how he doesn't get that).

 

Side note: I have really noticed lately that Juliet really believes in different worlds. She always asks if certain animals live on our planet, or how do we get to other planets, or she tells me of things she is pretty sure happen in other worlds. I really don't want to burst that bubble of hers it just seems so magical.

It was in the sheep stomach! It was a duck egg!

Scene: Juliet, Christopher and I are driving home from picking him up from school. We are talking about our imaginary farm that we all dream about having. Christopher had just asked me if we would kill our sheep and I said no we will raise them for wool. Then Juliet joined the conversation.

Juliet: If the momma and the dadda sheep had a baby it would come out and hatch and then the momma would think there is a rock in her stomach.

Christopher: Sheep don't lay eggs.

Juliet: I know! That's why there is a rock in her stomach! Well she would think there is a rock in her stomach.

Me: Juliet, what are you talking about?

Juliet: The momma sheep would have a rock that she thought it was a rock in her stomach after her baby sheep came out and hatched and it was a duck.

Christopher: ....uuuuhhh....

Me: So the duck egg would come out of the sheep???

Juliet: NO!!!! ( said like I am an idiot)

Me: So then the rock is a rock? Inside the sheeps stomach?

Juliet: NO!!! The rock is a duck egg!

Christopher: Like did it slip in as the baby sheep was coming out?

Juliet: NO!!!! It was in the sheep stomach! It was a duck egg!!

Me: So the sheep is going to lay the duck egg?

Juliet: NO!!! The rock that is a duck egg it is in the sheep stomach that is going to come out and hatch and be a baby duck.

Me: So the sheep is going to lay the duck egg?

Juliet:..................................... Ya ( said in the key of duh).

Christopher: Can I have a turn to speak?

It finally happened

Scene: We were at Walmart going into an isle while a little person (not really sure what the proper term is...) was leaving the isle.

Juliet: (now this should be said in the "that puppy is the most adorable, ever" voice quite loudly while pointing) Look at that little person!

Side note: This has never happened with either of my kids. I have never had to deal with them yelling something embarrassing in public and oh I was so embarrassed!

See my plate!

Scene: Finishing up lunch.

Juliet: I finished all my lunch!
Me: What?! Really?... did you feed it to the dog? (because she doesn't eat, like ever)
Juliet: No! They are outside. I ate. It. All.
Me: Bring me your plate. Let me see.
Juliet: OKAY!
She goes and gets her plate and runs back all excited like.
Me: Um...
Juliet: See, I ate it all!
Me: Um, Juliet. (This is when I pulled my camera out)
Juliet: What? (I took a picture and then that's when she saw it.)

That is a wii remote... not a plate, just in case you don't know

Juliet: Oh (giggle, giggle, giggle) that's not my plate!

I don't want to get sick.

Scene: Driving home from playgroup.

Juliet: I really wanted to go outside with N.

Me: It's to cold to play outside and it is raining.
J: Oh. I really wanted to play outside with him.
Me: Juliet, it is so cold and rainy outside. It's not a good idea.
J: I really wanted to run through the sprinkler.
Me: No! You would get so wet and cold.
J: But I have my raincoat on.
Me: It doesn't work like that. You can't get wet outside you will get so cold.
J: But I have my raincoat on...
Me: Juliet if you go outside and get wet and cold you could get sick.
J:......................... Is it my bath night?
Me: Yes....
J: Well I guess I can't take a bath tonight then... I get wet and get cold in the bath and I don't want to get sick.

Throw Ups

Scene: Driving my son to school. Juliet battles with car sickness. It is actually really sad. Sometimes I forget to give her the oils behind her ears and this was one of those times.

Juliet: Mommy! I had throw ups come up and I sucked it back down! (said quite proudly)

It's Invisible!

Scene: Christopher, Juliet and I are stuck in traffic. I am pretty sure it is due to a train but we are way to far back to tell.

C: The light is green. Why aren't we going?
Me: Oh, I think there is a train.
J: (matter of fact like) No, I don't think so.
C: How do you know? You can't see.
J: Ya ha! It's invisible!
Silence

I wish I had a photo of Christopher's face.

She had to be brave.

Scene: Juliet was being watched by my friend. I got a text message from her. Juliet told her a story and it went like this.

Juliet:(this should be read in a dramatic but serious 4 year old voice) My mom and dad were killed, my brother was killed. My dogs were killed. I was all alone. So I had to be brave. And I went and killed those people. The killers who killed my family. And then I had to go home and went to sleep and got up in the morning and had breakfast.

I like your shoes.

Scene: This morning while getting ready to take my son to school.

 

Me: Oh, Juliet I love your shoes.

J:Thanks!

Me: But, um, Juliet why didn't you put on matching shoes?

J: (Looks up at me like there is nothing to be done about it) I couldn't find the other shoes.

 

Now can YOU find the other matching shoe? 

His Snorkle?

This is out of Juliet's work book.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scene: We were working on "what is missing". Before we got started I explained missing to her. She seem to get it so we went on to the book.... and then this happened.

Me: Juliet what is missing from one of the lions?

J: (takes a very long look) Umm.............umm...... uuuuummmmmmmmm...

Me: Is one of the Lions different from the others?

J: that one! (She points to number 4)

Me: Really? How is it different?

J: It is missing a tube?

Me: (in my head WHAT THE HELL?) Umm... no I don't think so. Look at all the lions. Which one is different

J: um........ uuuuummmmm............

Me: okay so lets do this. (then we go through each body part and try and find one that is missing something and the very last part I say is the tail) Do they all have tails?

J: Yes.

Me: Really? Even this one (pointing to number 3)

J: Yes.

Me: Really?

J: Yes. It's behind him (and then looks at me like I am an idiot)

Me: no Juliet it isn't behind him

J: oh.... (still thinks I am stupid)

Me: Juliet so what Lion is different?

J: That one (she points to number three THANK THE GODS!!!)

Me: YES!!!! What is he missing?!

J: His snorkel...

Me: What the hell are you talking about?

J: His snorkel. He is missing a snorkel!

Me: HIS TAIL!!!!! HE IS MISSING HIS TAIL!!!!!!!

J: Oh (and then does her oh giggle thing that she does)

She will be alright.

I can only imagine what people must think of me and this blog. But really Juliet is the light and joy in our lives and I figure that she has the most intense imagination that she sees things so differently from most people we just can't follow along with her. I really do not think that she is stupid at all. I think that her mind is going and going and going so much that she just cannot focus on what is going on around her. While I am asking a simple question like is the lion missing his tail she has looked at the picture and already decided that no his tail is simply behind him because he was getting ready to go swimming in some water he sees and is worried about where he misplaced his snorkel.
She is so full of happiness one time as she was leaping through a pumpkin patch somebody saw her and commented she is just happiness, glitter and rainbows isn't she? Yes, yes she is.

That being said I know that I am not the perfect mother and I don't even try to be. I am what I am and I think my kids will survive me just fine. If anything they have their father and he is quite normal.