Angst (video)
First about this picture. I had to snap this earlier this week. Addison is obsessed with band-aids, which she calls “bond-ahs”. She will literally go through an entire box in one sitting. Mostly what she loves about them is opening them all, one by one, then pealing off the backs. She’s got some band-aid application talents. She can hold the little white “wings” and apply the center while pulling apart, just like a pro. At any given time you will find a half dozen or more band-aids on either my forehead or my forearm, lined up one by one. On this day she hit her head a little and demanded a “bond-ah” and then needed them for any other little spot on her body. But she had a knee without a band-aid which was the cause for the angst in this photo. She MUST be symmetrical!
What was I saying about this age and how much I loved it? I take it alllll back. In the last week Addison discovered whining. Where? How? How does this happen? The person responsible will be fined and jailed, I will see to it.
Can I just say that whining is a particular pet peeve of mine in general and Addison has it nailed like a pro? Ok I said it. EVERYTHING is whine-worthy. And it doesn’t even mean she’s in a terribly bad mood - she can turn on a dime and turn back again just like that. Its just that everything bugs her and that, in turn, bugs me.
To fully appreciate there must be video, of course.Lets counting the reasons which elicit the dreaded whine:
1) Mom, not Teegan, offered to peel the banana
2) I did not peel the banana *backward*
3) She wanted to watch Diego.
Other point of note about this video: Addison’s new favorite word (of mine) is “delicious” - I love how she says it and she says it spontaneously all the time. I had to really work to get her to say it on video, of course, but its still worth listening to the end for it!
June 6th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
thank you!!!! that made we laugh SOOOO cute
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June 6th, 2008 at 4:44 pm
So cute! Whining is a pet peeve of mine too- especially from my high school students. Much more tolerable (I know I am not there and only listened for a few brief whines) coming from cutie pie Addy!
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June 6th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Cute AND smart! What a doll she is, and I just can’t get over how big her vocabulary is already!! But yeah, I hear you on the whining… nothing puts me in a bad mood faster than whiny kids!
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June 6th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I am right with you on the whining, even though she is pretty cute as she whines. Um, what is peeling a banana backwards? And yes, the way she says “delicious” is delicious!
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Nicki reply on June 7th, 2008 10:17 am:
haha - I was peeling the peel toward me and she wanted me to peel it away from me. Anal much?!
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June 7th, 2008 at 12:43 am
Silly! I am as much a fan of whining as I am a fan of ‘baby talk’! Still, she is cute.
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June 7th, 2008 at 5:54 am
Makes me look forward to the time when we will have conversations with Coop! Especially ones with mouthfuls of banana!
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June 7th, 2008 at 9:59 am
That is adorable!! I love how she says “delicious!” And I’m afraid it’s Jackson you’re going to have to handcuff and jail…pretty sure he’d mastered the art of whining long before you guys visited. Wouldn’t be at all surprised if that’s where Addy got it. Soooooorrrrrrry!
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Nicki reply on June 7th, 2008 10:17 am:
haha Laurie - I don’t recall Jackson uttering a whiny sound out of his precious little mouth! I think its part of the collective, we were always doomed it was just a matter of when!
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June 7th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
awh, I got to hear her little voice and laugh! I LOVE this!! Watching Addy eating a banana has made me day
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June 7th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Sweet little voice…sorry you’ve got to deal with the “W” stage…but she is adorable.
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June 8th, 2008 at 8:50 am
Too cute! I see so much of Sienna’s speech in Addy. Sienna also says “manna” for banana and she just loves her “T” or TV. I am also ready for the whole two-year-old thing to be over b/c the constant whining is really grating on me! Sienna has begun constant meltdowns and everything we do is wrong (like peeling bananas backwards). When will three come?!?!?!
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