Ahem
Will someone please come to my house and remove the bag of Red-Hot candies? The roof of my mouth is raw, my tongue has taken on an unnatural crimson hue and my sinuses are WIDE OPEN and clear as a summer's day. I don't even really enjoy them, but I bought a bag, you know, for the kids, and then whoopsie, well, they don't like them either, so it's my DUTY, you understand, to consume the entire bag.
I paid a whole dollar at Target for them. And there are starving people who would weep bitter tears to know that I tossed out a bag of perfectly good Red-Hots. I have my eye on the big picture, people. I am AWARE, like that.
In other news - my oldest (who has better computer skills than my mother) sent an email to my mom via the Polly Pocket website. Now, their email form allows space for the sender's name, the recipient's name, and the email address. After spamming Grandma's email box with cheery little advertisments declaring "I played on PollyPocket.com!" my girl got frustrated. She had things to say. So she maxed out the number of characters allowed on the name line:
Hi GramoDooywattocometoMyHawootmrobecuzTmroIsgoingTobabudfuleDay*
I didn't know about this until my mom called to ask if I had helped. This tells me that 1) I need to pay attention to what my 5 year old is doing on the computer, since apparently she knows how to email, and 2) My kid has a real future in personalized license plates.
*Hi Grandma, Do you want to come to my house tomorrow because tomorrow is going to be a beautiful day.
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Comments
What a sweet message!
Posted by: Grace | February 3, 2005 7:16 AM
You didn't need to translate that, we all knew what it said. :-)
Posted by: udge | February 3, 2005 7:19 AM
priceless!
the child is ready for text messaging now...
Posted by: ben | February 3, 2005 7:34 AM
(a) Is it wrong that I can read phonics and knew what your daughters message was before the translation?
(2) Letseee, you have Red hots and a Roomba - need I say more?
(third) Do not tell my daughter about Polly Pocket.com. Ever.
Posted by: Lee | February 3, 2005 7:58 AM
I JUST learned that LOL means Laughing Out Loud. Looks like I have a lot more to learn!
Posted by: Terri | February 3, 2005 1:47 PM
I am so happy my oldest (almost 5) hasn't heard of Polly pocket yet! I'm still being beaten down with Hi-5, Play house disney, Lilo and Stitch and BLues Clues.
Posted by: Norti | February 3, 2005 5:56 PM
I love your kids. They are so cute. I think I need a break from mine because I understood the message. ; )
Posted by: jenni | February 3, 2005 8:55 PM
aww...that's just adorable, jenny. yep, me thinks kids are much smarter than we give them credit for.Ü
Posted by: rain | February 3, 2005 10:50 PM
Too cute! I'm sure Grandma was thrilled with the email... If she knew how to open it, that is ;)
Posted by: Amber | February 4, 2005 4:27 AM
Too cute! And I totally got the translation beforehand too. So is Grandma coming over? hehe
Posted by: Katie | February 4, 2005 6:12 AM
Yeah, you don't need to translate for us. That was an easy one. I'm teaching my five year old how to use Instant Messaging.
Posted by: Philip | February 4, 2005 8:42 AM
I love red hots!! Love! Must.Get.Bag.Today!
Posted by: Chris | February 5, 2005 7:54 AM
That is a great story that your mom is going to love re-telling over and over again. Also, I understood the message beautifully - your daughter did an excellent job of getting her point across!
PS - I'm slowly but surely ridding my house of all excess candy - I have to do it slowly or the natives my hold a revolt.
Posted by: mrsrum | February 7, 2005 1:53 PM