Brianna is getting old enough now that she has definite opinions about what she wants. You know, if you ask her what she wants for Christmas she has an answer for you regarding this and that toy she's seen (darn commercials!) and thinks is neat etc. Well, like any other kid Bree has things on her wish list like toys or games, etc. But, alongside of that she also has some rather odd items on there. One of those being a snorkel.
I think it all started when she got a Sesame Street beach ball that has pictures of Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Ernie all wearing snorkels. When she first got the ball she kept pointing and asking what was on their faces and we had to tell her those were snorkels and try to explain what they were for. And now she's convinced they are super cool and usually wears her dad's goggles and pretends to be snorkeling whenever she swims... a three year old who really wants a snorkel??
I think it all started when she got a Sesame Street beach ball that has pictures of Cookie Monster, Big Bird, and Ernie all wearing snorkels. When she first got the ball she kept pointing and asking what was on their faces and we had to tell her those were snorkels and try to explain what they were for. And now she's convinced they are super cool and usually wears her dad's goggles and pretends to be snorkeling whenever she swims... a three year old who really wants a snorkel??
The other interesting item that Bree wants is...bunk beds. Now this is one of those ideas that I'm not sure of the origins so I'll blame my usual scape goat, the TV. I pretty sure Brianna saw bunk beds on some show, or commercial, and she's decided that they are ultimately cool and that every kid should have bunk beds. Quite frequently we have to have a go around about her bed. "Mom, I don't want this bed! I want bunk beds!" "Well, this is the bed you have. We just bought it so this is the one you get." "But Mom!" and etc. Aside from the fact that her toddler bed is relatively new I just don't feel comfortable putting bunk beds in her room. For one thing, the whole climbing the ladder and perhaps getting the brilliant idea to jump off the top bunk and resulting horrible thud and screaming scenario is NOT one I want to play out. And then I'd also have to deal with Bree trying to invite everyone to stay over. No, it's true she's already started. So far the librarian and the lady in charge of our "indoor gym" playtime have been invited over to play in Brianna's room. Not to mention Grammy DeeDee actually got asked to sleep over in the top bunk of Bree's non-existent bunk beds. So can you imagine if she actually had a whole extra empty bed to invite people to??
And then there's this - Bree is dying to get the new Rihanna CD. See, it's Trav's habit to have music videos playing in the background while he works on the computer to do photo editing, which he does quite often considering the sheer volume of pictures he takes. So there he'll be, listening to the top 20 songs of the moment with Brianna hovering nearby and soaking it all up like a sponge. The other day when Travis sat down to work on his most current pixs Bree pipes up with, "Dad, can we listen to Shut Up and Drive? I really like that song!" But she wasn't content to just listen to it, she wanted to actually watch the music video as well. (Thank goodness it's a more tame video - mostly shots of cars and dancing and any innuendos go right over her head.) So, while watching it she was saying things like, "Oh look, that girl's wearing hee heels (high heels). I didn't know she wears hee heels. She might slip. Maybe she likes wearing hee heels all the time....What are those girls doing? I think they're in trouble!" And then sometimes she dances like a maniac. When she's not actually listening to the song lately she can be heard walking down the hall singing lustily, "SHUT UP AND DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE!" Travis and I have watched all this with quite some amusement and on the one hand are sort of mollified that our 3 year old's favorite song is Shut Up and Drive and on the other hand go around smirking at each other about it. However, we have decided to be more careful about what we're listening to when she's around. I guess it's easy to forget that she's old enough now to be picking up on these things, really hearing the words and thinking about them. That is, it's easy to forget until, to your embarassment, your kid's in the grocery store belting out "SHUT UP AND DRIVE!" :)
Perhaps the most creative thing on Bree's weird wish list though is suction cups. This is an idea that most probably came from Larry Boy. One day she just woke up from her nap and said, "Mom, I wish I had suction cups so I could climb up my wall and get my Hungry Hippos game down!" (Hungry Hippos is on the top shelf of her tall bookshelf.) And I have to admit, it would be handy to have some suction cups to climb walls and things.
And then there's this - Bree is dying to get the new Rihanna CD. See, it's Trav's habit to have music videos playing in the background while he works on the computer to do photo editing, which he does quite often considering the sheer volume of pictures he takes. So there he'll be, listening to the top 20 songs of the moment with Brianna hovering nearby and soaking it all up like a sponge. The other day when Travis sat down to work on his most current pixs Bree pipes up with, "Dad, can we listen to Shut Up and Drive? I really like that song!" But she wasn't content to just listen to it, she wanted to actually watch the music video as well. (Thank goodness it's a more tame video - mostly shots of cars and dancing and any innuendos go right over her head.) So, while watching it she was saying things like, "Oh look, that girl's wearing hee heels (high heels). I didn't know she wears hee heels. She might slip. Maybe she likes wearing hee heels all the time....What are those girls doing? I think they're in trouble!" And then sometimes she dances like a maniac. When she's not actually listening to the song lately she can be heard walking down the hall singing lustily, "SHUT UP AND DRIVE DRIVE DRIVE!" Travis and I have watched all this with quite some amusement and on the one hand are sort of mollified that our 3 year old's favorite song is Shut Up and Drive and on the other hand go around smirking at each other about it. However, we have decided to be more careful about what we're listening to when she's around. I guess it's easy to forget that she's old enough now to be picking up on these things, really hearing the words and thinking about them. That is, it's easy to forget until, to your embarassment, your kid's in the grocery store belting out "SHUT UP AND DRIVE!" :)
Perhaps the most creative thing on Bree's weird wish list though is suction cups. This is an idea that most probably came from Larry Boy. One day she just woke up from her nap and said, "Mom, I wish I had suction cups so I could climb up my wall and get my Hungry Hippos game down!" (Hungry Hippos is on the top shelf of her tall bookshelf.) And I have to admit, it would be handy to have some suction cups to climb walls and things.
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