Anonymous
06/16/2014 07:23
Subject: Most awesomely ridiculous toddler meltdowns
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:My son is now 19, but he used to play an interactive computer game when he was almost 3 - a Dr. Suess ABC game. He loved all of it EXCEPT for C, Clyve the Camel. He would click on C, and run into the corner and hide saying "I don't like Clyve. Clyve hums".
Fast forward to last week when I asked him if he remember it. He said to me "Remember it? That Clyve was seriously creepy! What kind of camel hangs upside down from the ceiling, stares at you and hums?" I cracked up. Looking back, his hum DID sound like those kids sing-songing in murder movies.
Wait...Clyve was a bat?
We don't have the game, but we have Dr. Seuss' ABC book and we love "Big C, Little C, what begins with C? Camel on the Ceiling, C...C...C."
Thanks for the laugh. Great anecdote.
I know, right? I thought it was hilarious that at 19, he remembered and could logically tell me why Clyve was creepy to him. And it made sense. He's now studying computer science. I guess he's pretty left-brained
Anonymous
06/16/2014 07:21
Subject: Most awesomely ridiculous toddler meltdowns
Anonymous wrote:DD has known about the circle of life including death and that everyone dies. Apparently though, she hadn't realized I was part of "everybody" who dies. I accidentally said something about probably dying before her what with being a couple of decades older and DD4 burst into tears and cried hysterically, demanding I stay here.
Finally I got out of her that if we don't die together holding hands and I die first, she will prop me on the couch, and she will snuggle up next to me, put my arm around her and a book in my lap and she will hope she can remember me reading that book to her because she can't read without me. She will brush my hair each day and use her allowance to buy me velcro shoes to put on me each day because she can't tie shoes yet. "Why will I need shoes if I'm dead?" Oh, well I'm going to invent a way to make you alive again with my scientist kit.
It was morbid and sweet and hilarious all at the same time.
So, SO sweet!! Really. Hilarious too, but so SO sweet.
Anonymous
06/16/2014 00:40
Subject: Most awesomely ridiculous toddler meltdowns
DD has known about the circle of life including death and that everyone dies. Apparently though, she hadn't realized I was part of "everybody" who dies. I accidentally said something about probably dying before her what with being a couple of decades older and DD4 burst into tears and cried hysterically, demanding I stay here.
Finally I got out of her that if we don't die together holding hands and I die first, she will prop me on the couch, and she will snuggle up next to me, put my arm around her and a book in my lap and she will hope she can remember me reading that book to her because she can't read without me. She will brush my hair each day and use her allowance to buy me velcro shoes to put on me each day because she can't tie shoes yet. "Why will I need shoes if I'm dead?" Oh, well I'm going to invent a way to make you alive again with my scientist kit.
It was morbid and sweet and hilarious all at the same time.
Finally I got out of her that if we don't die together holding hands and I die first, she will prop me on the couch, and she will snuggle up next to me, put my arm around her and a book in my lap and she will hope she can remember me reading that book to her because she can't read without me. She will brush my hair each day and use her allowance to buy me velcro shoes to put on me each day because she can't tie shoes yet. "Why will I need shoes if I'm dead?" Oh, well I'm going to invent a way to make you alive again with my scientist kit.
It was morbid and sweet and hilarious all at the same time.
Anonymous
06/16/2014 00:25
Subject: Most awesomely ridiculous toddler meltdowns
Anonymous wrote:My son is now 19, but he used to play an interactive computer game when he was almost 3 - a Dr. Suess ABC game. He loved all of it EXCEPT for C, Clyve the Camel. He would click on C, and run into the corner and hide saying "I don't like Clyve. Clyve hums".
Fast forward to last week when I asked him if he remember it. He said to me "Remember it? That Clyve was seriously creepy! What kind of camel hangs upside down from the ceiling, stares at you and hums?" I cracked up. Looking back, his hum DID sound like those kids sing-songing in murder movies.
Wait...Clyve was a bat?
We don't have the game, but we have Dr. Seuss' ABC book and we love "Big C, Little C, what begins with C? Camel on the Ceiling, C...C...C."
Thanks for the laugh. Great anecdote.
Anonymous
06/15/2014 23:31
Subject: Most awesomely ridiculous toddler meltdowns
Anonymous wrote:My 3 year old screamed for 10 minutes because I wouldn't put his fingernails back on after clipping.
That's awesome.