when we were visiting blake's family in wyoming, i played with blake's cousin's daughters, ebony (2 1/2) and kierce (1 1/2). they are super cute and we all know i love babies. when blake was speaking in sunday morning church, kierce sat with me and we explored the contents of my purse. i couldn't believe she sat quietly with me for the whole service - what a sweetie. then we all went out to lunch for chinese food and ebony sat with me. she doesn't talk much, at least not to me, but she sure does love her dad's horse, sonny. we colored the paper place mat with all the chinese zodiac animals on it. i pointed to the animals and asked her what they were.
t: where's the puppy?
e: silence
t: where's the chicken?
e: silence
t: where's the horse?
e: Horse!
t: where's sonny?
e: Horse!
so, ebony knew the word horse and which one was the picture of the horse, but apparently didn't care much about any of the other animals. now, blake and i still laugh when we answer "horse!" to any question. and the joke has taken on a life of its own.
t: what do you want for dinner?
b: Horse!
b: what movie should we watch?
t: Horse!
and that's the story of "Horse!"
oh, here's kierce eating with chopsticks, because it's funny and cute:
3 comments:
can you come play with my kids? they would love it!
ha! loved the horse story. and your niece was actually pretty successful in getting some food in there! i'm impressed.
stephanie
i like a girl who knows which animals are the best: horses and kitties, of course! make sure she knows about the kitties.
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