Charlotte from Charlotte / Conversations with Lottie

Lately, a pretty frequent conversation between Lottie and myself has been about her name, where she's from, where she lives, etc. 

While Charlotte is commonly referred to as Lottie by us, friends, family, etc.  She is only known as Charlotte at school and by her grandparents.  I like the fact that she goes by both.  Lottie is such a playful name while Charlotte is more of a beautiful, classic name. 

This past week, Lottie and I were listening to the governor's state of the state address.  I walked out of the room for a few minutes and when I walked back in, Lottie was glued to the television.  She then asked, "Mommy, why does this man keep talking about me?"  It stopped me dead in my tracks!  I busted out laughing and tried to explain that he was talking about Charlotte, the city in which she lives.  This turned into a lot of questions about not only Charlotte, but about the governor's take on schools, the economy, transportation, etc. 

While I found it almost impossible to answer her questions and explain that politicians tend to make lots of promises they rarely keep, I so enjoyed our little chat.  She literally had me rolling with some of her comments about schools, etc.  It is so funny how kids can say the simplest things and make so much more sense than adults who have years of education under their belts. 

Lottie is becoming such a little person.  It blows my mind!  She has a very bright future ahead of her. 

Kids Say the Darndest Things!

Me: "Lottie, can you please go ask your dad if he will bring Mommy a drink."


Lottie: "OK"


Lottie: "Daddy, Mommy needs a glass of WINE"


Steve: "What???" 


Lottie: "Mommy wants a glass of WINE"


Yes, the above conversation happened over the weekend!  Bad MOMMY!  Seriously though, I was just hoping for a bottle of water since Steve was already standing in the kitchen (the girls and I were playing in the living room).  When I heard what Lottie told her dad, I was dying laughing.  


I seriously fear what she is telling her teachers at school - "Mommy LOVES wine!"


KIDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Oh and while I'm at it - the girls and I went for a beautiful stroll through the greenway on Rea Road last Saturday while Steve was working.  On our stroll we passed a dad pushing his two daughters in a stroller.  The dad just so happened to have long hair (it was in a ponytail).  Well, Lottie proceeds to shout from the top of her lungs, "Mommy, that boy has long hair!" "Boys aren't supposed to have long hair" "Boys aren't supposed to have ponytails!"  She went on and on and on!  I know he had to have heard.  I was mortified.  Obviously, I tried explaining that some boys have long hair, but she wasn't having it.  In the end, I just let it go!  Sometimes, it is just easier that way! 


Kids really do say the darndest things - that Lottie is hilarious!  :)

Conversations With Lottie

 

Gosh I love this girl to bits!  I could talk to her all day and never be bored! 

 

I wish she would stay this age forever!

Conversations with a 3 year old - Lottie

Lottie and I always have very funny conversations - the latest has been about the tooth fairy, pimples (boo-boos on mommy's face) and tampons!  Awesome!  So not ready for some of the conversations we are already having!  Girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

She cracks me up!  :)

 

Conversations over the Olympics...

The Olympics have pretty much taken over the Cooper household as I'm sure it has in  many of your households.  One of the great things about the Olympics at our house is we have two teams that we root for - GB (Great Britain) and USA. 

While the USA are AMAZING in almost every Olympic event (they are leading in the medal count), GB seem to have only a handful of events that they excel in such as rowing, equestrian, cycling and some track and field. 

With comments like the one above, it is fair to say there has been some serious trash talking going on in my house!  Poor Lottie, she's just been thrown in the mix of it with me teaching her to say, "GO USA" and Steve teaching her to say, "GO GB".  To hear her try and say both has been pretty amusing.

In any event, this past weekend was a pretty lazy one for the most part.  We cleaned out the garage, mowed grass and did the usual things you can't quite get to through the week.  Afterwards, we planted ourselves on the floor / couch to catch up on the Olympics. 

At one point in the day, Steve looked at me and said, "I'm seriously concerned about your stupidity!"  Wait, WHAT? 

Steve: I'm going to grab a drink.

Tonya: Okay, but you better hurry.

Steve: Why?

Tonya: Because the MARATHON is about to begin and you don't want to miss it!

Steve: Really, the MARATHON?

Tonya: Yes, hurry up!

Steve: I'm seriously concerned about your stupidity!  We are talking about a MARATHON here - I could take a drive to the mountains and NEWS FLASH, they would still be running the Marathon! 

Tonya: Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, yeah okay!!  GAH!

Steve: I sure hope Lottie gets her brains from her Dad!  If not, I don't know what we are going to do!  :)



Pretty sure we've been laughing about this one for the last couple of days!  Needless to say, we have certainly had some laughs during the Olympic games!!!  It's such a shame they only come around every 4 years because I just love it!!!

Coversations through E-Mail

Tonya: Hi babe, busy at work, wanted to know what you wanted for dinner?

Steve: Can I get some more tomato soup? (This was a joke, Steve was making fun of the dinner I had cooked the night before.  I tried making a homemade marinara sauce and it ended up tasting like tomato soup!  Disaster!!)

Steve: Got to go see a man about a dog later so might be late.

Tonya: What are you talking about?  A dog? 

Steve: Don't worry, dog will be home later.

Tonya: Are you going out for a beer after work - what are you doing?  Confused.....

Steve: No, don't worry.  I'll just be 20 or so minutes later than normal.

Tonya: You know how nosy I am - what are you up to?

Steve: I'm going to pick up a hockey goal for the garage.  :)

Tonya: WHAT??????

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Steve:  It's done.  I'm picking up two goals for $50, but Mike wants one and he'll pay $30 so it is only costing me $20.  These goals sell for $150 new!  It's a steal.  Oh and I'm also ordering the targets and pucks.  I can't wait to have a shoot out in the garage!

Tonya: You do realize that I'm going to kill you later right?

Steve: Right!

And there you have it - this beauty now sits in my garage!  Awesome!  I've gotten texts and e-mails from a couple of guys this week who just can't wait to come over for Hockey Night at the Coopers.  Hope you can tell how enthusiastic I am about this!

Conversations in the Car

Tonya: "So, you've not really said anything about my hair / bangs since I got them cut, what do you think?"
Steve: "I don't know - it's fine."
Tonya: "Why is it that everytime I ask you a question about what I'm wearing or if I've done something different, you either say it's fine or you don't know?"
Steve: "Because I'm a man and I just don't take notice to all that stuff."
Tonya: "Okay, but just this once can you be completely honest and tell me what you think about my hair."
Steve: "Fine - I think it looks like an 18 year old hair cut."
Tonya: "Excuse me??"
Steve: "Yeah, I think it looks like a kid's hair cut."
Tonya: "OK THEN, pretty sure I'm going to need you to refer back to your old ways and say it's fine."
Steve: "It's fine."