I often call her my little princess. Perhaps a better title would be mafia princess.
In the midst of a Nerf gun battle Saturday night, Sydney ran up to Jeff, held out her gun and ordered, "Dance little girl!"
Let's just pause for a moment of stunned silence. Let it sink in.
Dance little girl? Who taught her that?
I can say with almost 100 percent certainty that she's never heard it from me. And while Jeff and I are guilty of bad Clint Eastwood impersonations during these Nerf battles (Ask yourself, do you feel lucky?), I don't recall ever hearing him say something like that either. And it's not the kind of line she'd pick up from Dora or Diego. So is her big brother teaching her these things?
Godfather/Scarface lines aside, Sydney showed her toddler side a few minutes later when Daddy jumped out and surprised her. Ahhh... the delighted giggles of a startled child. I just happened to be snapping the picture when Jeff yelled gotcha.
She's definitely not all tough guy. "Princess" still belongs in her title. On Sunday, she put a brief halt to her battle with AJ and went running into her room, emerging a few minutes later wearing her black dress shoes, which she'd attempted to put on herself.
But of course. You don't show up for battle without the appropriate footwear.
In the midst of a Nerf gun battle Saturday night, Sydney ran up to Jeff, held out her gun and ordered, "Dance little girl!"
Let's just pause for a moment of stunned silence. Let it sink in.Dance little girl? Who taught her that?
I can say with almost 100 percent certainty that she's never heard it from me. And while Jeff and I are guilty of bad Clint Eastwood impersonations during these Nerf battles (Ask yourself, do you feel lucky?), I don't recall ever hearing him say something like that either. And it's not the kind of line she'd pick up from Dora or Diego. So is her big brother teaching her these things?
Godfather/Scarface lines aside, Sydney showed her toddler side a few minutes later when Daddy jumped out and surprised her. Ahhh... the delighted giggles of a startled child. I just happened to be snapping the picture when Jeff yelled gotcha.
She's definitely not all tough guy. "Princess" still belongs in her title. On Sunday, she put a brief halt to her battle with AJ and went running into her room, emerging a few minutes later wearing her black dress shoes, which she'd attempted to put on herself.
But of course. You don't show up for battle without the appropriate footwear.
In Grandpa's words, "What's so surprising about this? Kids are like little sponges. You surround them with this kind of stuff and this is what you'll get."
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