Mom: [just woke up, not had first cup of coffee and out of it]
Tessa: Mama, I wan sax.
Mom: hmm?
Tessa: I wan sax!
Mom: your socks?
Tessa: [looking at mom like she’s dumb as a post] No socks! SAX! Wan SAX!
Mom: [confused, hoping small child didn’t overhear the word “sex” somewhere, tho wouldn’t know where] Sax? What sax, honey?
Tessa: Sax PHONE!
Mom: Saxophone? You want a saxophone?
Tessa: YEAH!
We then go into a short discussion on why she couldn’t have a saxophone (too expensive, taller than the child, etc.) which quickly dissolved into a two-year-old’s fit at not getting her own way. At which point she was told to either drop it or no Rubber-Dubbers (inane NickJr. show), and she dropped it.
The only thing I can figure is that she heard the word in association with music, and since she plays music with her granny, she was maybe thinking of playing music at granny’s house and could only come up with saxophone as the name of the instrument (even though it’s a guitar). Who knows how that little mind works!
Posted by Mandy at 27.04.04 17:56I would have loved to see your face when she said that.
Posted by: Melissa at 28.04.04 02:57