That Dreadful Screaming
Last night, Nini and Carter came over for dinner. After dinner, Carter was a little fussy trying to go to sleep and Lucy said, "Can Carter and Nini go home now? That screaming is hurting my ears. He's too screamy. It's DREADFUL."
Before I could chide her for being rude, I had to laugh. That, dreadful? "Dreadful," as in filled with dread, the emotion that overtakes you every evening at 7 in anticipation of the two straight hours of screaming between 10 and midnight. Dreadful is seeing that first flash on the baby monitor: the beast is stirring. Dreadful is 2 a.m., feeling like no one else in the world is awake except you and the beast.
I know dreadful, kiddo, and it was YOU.
Before I could chide her for being rude, I had to laugh. That, dreadful? "Dreadful," as in filled with dread, the emotion that overtakes you every evening at 7 in anticipation of the two straight hours of screaming between 10 and midnight. Dreadful is seeing that first flash on the baby monitor: the beast is stirring. Dreadful is 2 a.m., feeling like no one else in the world is awake except you and the beast.
I know dreadful, kiddo, and it was YOU.
posted by Kate at 8:56 AM
6 Comments:
Ha! I like how she was in the room with her fingers in her ears. She originally wanted to help me change him and QUICKLY changed her mind. She has no idea what lies ahead, poor kid.
Still, for a five year old, nice use of the word dreadful...AdamA
I cannot believe she knows the word dreadful. I am LOL. Ask her what peasants are -- according to Lucy, we are all peasants.
PS: Cater is perfect and not dreadful in any way. I love that little guy.
Mom
"Lemon" is certainly going to be an adjustment for Lu.
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Carter --yes I can spell; I just cannot type.
Diane
Oh, dear. And so it begins.
Ha! I have a feeling since Lu is 5 that you're going to hear a lot more verbal protest than most parents expecting their second! Although my cousin once asked in regards to her younger brother "if it was time to kill him yet?" She was three! After my aunt calmed herself down, my cousin explained that the hobby chickens they raised would leave after a few months and she was hoping the little guy's number was up too.
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