Jan 30, 2012

why you can never win a conversation with a four-year-old

I was getting my four-year old ready for her bath the other night. While I pulled off her leggings, she picked up a toilet paper tube and decided (naturellement) to interview me through it.

MAGGIE: MOMMY! What is your FAVORITE MOVIE?

ME: Ummm…. Rushmore.

Maggie puts the toilet paper roll aside.

MAGGIE: What?

ME: Rushmore.

MAGGIE: No, you can’t say that. Say a kid movie like Peter Pan.

ME: Okay.

Maggie picks up the toilet paper roll again.

MAGGIE: MOMMY! What is your FAVORITE MOVIE?

MOMMY: Peter Pan!

Maggie puts the toilet paper roll aside.

MAGGIE: No, you can’t say that.

MOMMY: Why?

MAGGIE: You can’t just say the SAME THING.

MOMMY: Okay.

Maggie picks up the toilet paper roll again.

MAGGIE: MOMMY! What is your FAVORITE MOVIE?

MOMMY: Tangled!

Maggie puts the toilet paper roll aside.

MAGGIE: Wait, I want to say that.

…As it turns out, my favorite movie is Dora Saves the Snow Princess. I’m so glad I know that now.

I want to give a shout out to a fabulous deal for a fabulous cause. My friend Jennifer Lee, photographer extraordinaire, is running a Portraits for Purpose promotion this month to raise money for Cycle for Survival. Make a $200 donation to cancer research, and she’ll give you a half-hour photo session for your child, plus $100 towards prints. Cycle for Survival (see my sidebar) raises money to research rare cancers at Sloan Kettering, and ALL monies raised go directly towards that research. Get new photos of your kids and fight cancer at the same time! What could be better? 

  • http://www.experiencedbadmom.blogspot.com/ Katy @ Experienced Bad Mom

    Cute! I just had a conversation with my 5-y-old discussing the merits of Caillou. Turns out we both like the show Caillou, but not the whiny boy Caillou. Go figure.

  • DianePW

    This is just perfect. Absolutely perfect. So funny!

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/LR6GVJNQM6XTZPY7LKTNDFHF4I Laura

    Arguing with a four-year-old is a good way to get religion, even if you’ve never had it before. Eventually you find yourself saying something along the lines of “God just made it that way. That’s why.” Of late, I’ve learned from my 4-year-old that it takes 5 planes to get to heaven, and 6 planes to get to where the dinosaurs are.

  • http://flourishinprogress.com Elizabeth-FlourishinProgress

    Wait, you can’t say Dora Saves the Snow Princess either. *I* want to say that. 

    • Anonymous

      No you like Dora’s quinceneara surprise.

      From my iPhone. Please excuse any autocorrects.

      Whendidigetlikethis.com

  • K A B L O O E Y

    Don’t tell Maggie, but Rushmore kicks Dora Saves the Snow Princess’s butt.