Rowan: Rule #1 of this house: Do Not Stand On A Swivel Chair.

Psychic Kiki communes with dogs

Our babysitter got a dog from the shelter a few months ago. Alicia (our babysitter) named the puppy "Willoughby" after the name of their street. Kiki & Rowan wanted to play with the dog, so they all went to her house one day.

Alicia said that Kiki was playing with the puppy and kept calling it "Muffin"

As Alicia said, this was very strange, because although Alicia herself hadn't really given it much thought, "Muffin" was the previous name of the dog with its former owner.

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Strange toy names

Her nightlight: Cannony (like a cannon, eee)
Her baby doll: Mayonaisse
A neon-green bunny: Tuttlefish
A drawing of a girl: Charusi (like Watusi)

Kiki's a grocery pyschic

I get a text from Scott asking me to pick up a few groceries before I come back to Brooklyn from Long Island. I scan it quickly, not really registering anything for now.

Kiki had been playing, but comes up to me and glances at the phone right before I turn it off.

"I don't like lettuce."

"Lettuce?!? Kiki, why are you talking about lettuce." I don't remember what's on the grocery list, but I know it started with lettuce. "Kiki, can you read???"

Silence....

"Kiki, look at the list -- do you see the word lettuce?" .....

New Kiki-isms

(The Rowan-ism will start once I can understand what he's saying...)

We're looking at a picture of Belle (from Disney's Beauty & the Beast) and all her friends (the clock, the candlestick, the teapot, the feather duster).

I say: "Kiki, that's the feather duster. Her name is...(I'm making it up)...FIFI!"

 Kiki: "Fifi? That's a funny name."

"Fifi is a funny name, Kiki?"

"Yeah."

"But Fifi sounds like Kiki. Fifi, Kiki, Fifi, Kiki."

"Are you sure it's a funny name?"

 "Yeah."

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Rowan's spazzing out around while Kiki's quietly reading a book. He (as usual) bangs into something and starts screaming. Steve's there but didn't see exactly what happened.

Steve says: "Kiki, Rowan hurt himself! What happened?"

Without missing a beat, without looking up, Kiki says: "Where's the blood?"

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In the car with Scott, Kiki says: "Did you and mommy make your babies?"

Scott: "Yes, why?"

Kiki: "Mama said, 'you should give Kiki one butt cheek', but you said, 'No, we should give her TWO butt cheeks.' "

More Morbid Fascination

We were once again driving on the highway that passes by the cemetery. Again, Kiki asks: "Mama, what are those rocks in the ground?"

Me: "Kiki, you know what they are. We put the rocks in the ground to remember the people we love who died."

 K: "Like grandpa in Montana?"

Me: "Right, like grandpa."

K: "And your mommy."

Me: "That's right."

Silent thinking. "Sometimes I like to pretend I'M your mommy!"

"What?!?" Goosebumps!

"Sometimes I like to pretend I'm your mommy."

"Why?"

"Because it's funny."

(Mwahahahaha!!!)

More Grave Conversations

Again, Kiki asks about what the stones in the ground are for, and again, I tell her it's to remember people that died.

 This time, she said: "I think we should call it a stone house."

"That's a good name."

"But where are all the people? Nobody's visiting the stones."

"Yeah, I guess sometimes people forget."