Excitement

Sometimes Kendi doesn't want to stop playing to use the bathroom. One day, after Jared had coaxed her into the bathroom and got her to go, he clapped his hands and told her how proud he was of her. She started clapping, got all excited and said, "It's a miracle!" Jared laughed so hard that Kendi thought he was laughing at her and she said, "Don't laugh at me." For some reason she's a little sensitive to laughing. But, she must have heard someone say, "Its a miracle," before and now she associates it with excitement.



This morning I was sucking on some candy and Kendi asked me if she could have some. She had just finished cleaning up a mess she had made all by herself so I told her she could "one." After she finished it she asked for another. I told her that I already gave her one and that they were all gone. So she went over to Jared who had been reading a book and she told him to lean over to her. Then she whispered very quietly, "I want a treat, daddy." He said, "What?" She whispered it again even quieter. I laughed because I knew exactly what she was doing. Jared turned to me asked why she was acting so funny.