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Thursday, January 20, 2005

comic belief

Sage was perusing her father's bookshelf of graphic novels (all of which she has been most thoroughly trained not to write or draw on or in), and promptly began a conversation with the drawing of a girl on one of the spines.

"Why are you sad?" I heard her ask. She turned toward me to explain, "Mommy, this girl is crying."

"Why is she crying?" I asked obligingly.

"She needs her mommy and daddy," Sage told me solemnly. Then, with a positively conspiratorial expression, she leaned further toward me, tapping one finger on her temple. "She's a little bit crazy," Sage stage-whispered.

I looked behind her at Dean's collection of the series Return of the Condor Heroes. The female lead Dragon Girl didn't look that unhinged to me, but clearly my understanding of character development leaves much to be desired...
Thursday, January 13, 2005

enough is enough

Because her mother is always hugging her and cooing, "Love, love", Sage seems to think that the words 'love' and 'hug' mean the same thing.

So last night, as she was busy playing in a house made of pillows at the foot of the bed, her father said, "Come here, Sagey, it's group hug time!" And she leapt in between her adoring parents, and we all snuggled and cuddled...

...for all of a minute or so, before she started struggling out of our arms, sternly announcing, "Daddy, Mommy, enough! Enough love!"

And she marched right back to her pillow-house, leaving her parents behind in a fit of helpless giggling.
Tuesday, January 11, 2005

pride is a three-syllable word

We are just so proud of Sagey. At the age of not-quite-three, she:

1. can use a real screwdriver with just a little help (aligning tool and screw). She even knows that "Clockwise means close; counter means open".

2. knows there's a difference between right and left, and can tell which is which slightly more than 50% of the time (which puts her about on par with Auntie Kate, haha!)

3. can behave herself and even feed herself in public... at least, until she gets bored with the apparent sheer tedium of eating

4. has expanded her vocabulary to include three-syllable words, as in: "That's tewwible," and "Why'd you say that girl's faboolous?"

5. can write the letters S for Sage, D for Daddy, O for Octopus, and X for X-Men (Yes, X-Men; whose daughter do you think this is?); and can identify the same, plus about three others
Uncle Andrew says: "You know how parents are always exaggerating the accomplishments of their kids? When you get to spend time with Sage, you realize that everything you guys say about her is true."