My Aunt and Uncle were in town yesterday for a brief visit with my parents. I had not seen them since my daughter was born and my mom wanted some help doing a BBQ for them, so we ventured off for a visit and some BBQing.
My daughter is usually very social and a real character but surprisingly she was very reserved and shy at the beginning of the visit. My Uncle is a bit of an eclectic guy, has long white hair, a long white beard and a permanent deer in the headlights (I may or may not currently be super high) glare. My daughter was polite and said hello to everyone but she did not want to sit with everyone in the living room. Instead, she preferred to play with her toys in the basement. She has a vast selection of toys to choose from in my parent's basement.
Despite the slow start, she started to loosen up a bit when she joined me outside to be the "timer" for the BBQ. She would call out each minute and then open the sliding door and call to my mom- "we need hot dogs now grandma", "we need the buns grandpa", "two more minutes everyone" etc. But the floodgates finally opened when we were sitting down for dinner.
My mom had sliced up some nice tomato, pickles and bell peppers for anyone who wanted to dress their burgers and placed each one in an individual dish with a garnish fork. Even though my daughter likes all of these garnishes, she does not like any of them directly on her burger, so she eats them separately. Almost like a garnish salad. Anyways, she likes dill pickles the most and wanted more slices of dill pickles. I passed the small dish with the pickles to her and she tried using the garnish fork to get one out but if flew off the fork, out of the dish and onto her napkin beside her plate. She started laughing hysterically and exclaimed:
"I forked it! and it flew onto my napkin"
Everyone started laughing and from that moment on the Izzy show was in full effect. After dinner she had my Aunt and Uncle on the floor playing with her toy robots and showing them all the books and puzzles she has. When I told her it was time to leave she said "I had fun playing with you" to my Aunt and Uncle. She had a great time. All because she came out of her shell once every laughed at her kidism.
What are some funny kidisms your little ones have had?
Sats for all,
GR