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Sam's Story: Week 119 May 7, 2006
The Cool New Thing I've noticed about Sam this week is that she's starting to make up little stories to entertain herself while playing with her cornucopia of toys. I really get a kick of out just sitting there and watching her make stuff up in a stream of childish consciousness. Tonight's bathtime brought something like this when she got her Elmo, Cookie Monster, and two plastic frogs:
Elmo is walking Cookie Monster is walking jumping let's go get on the train here's the train Cookie Monster dropped something where did it go where did it go here it is he puts it in his pocket let's go to the train oh HI FROGGY IT'S FROGGY let's go to the train and Elmo is hop hop hop and he goes to the train AND NOW IT'S MY FOOT!*
*Translated from the Samineese.
Great stuff. Soon she'll be able to write sitcom scripts for CBS. If my cam corder weren't packed away with most of my other worldly possessions I'd get some audio. But alas.
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So while Sam is learning how to talk, she's not quite learning to be picky about when she discusses certain topics. The other night, Ger went out with her mother to a party, so Sam, Grandpa, and I went out to dinner together. With Mother's Day coming up, we stopped in to a certain store so I could look at a couple of things I was considering getting Ger for the occasion. I made the mistake of telling Sam what was going on, which immediately elicited a nonstop torrent of "We buying Mommy a present! Where Mommy's present go? Where Mommy's present go?" No amount of shushing or cajoling would put a stop to this (rather one-sided) conversation. In fact, it just seemed to encourage her. The next day when I came home from work Ger gave me a sly smile and asked how the shopping had gone last night. I'm going to have to watch what I say around Sam.
...Either that or use her to disseminate false information and propaganda. Hmmmm, she may be useful yet.
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Tags: Cookie Monster, Elmo, Frogs, Samantha, Sesame Street
