She’s close to 2 years old, and I don’t want her to grow anymore. She’s perfect like this! 🥰
@Gaby This is an amazing time. She talks SO much, says the cutest things. Every little thing is awesome.
@maique search the web for “terrible two”. Wait a few months. Come back here to tell us more about this. #kidding
@maique write down what she says, now and over the next years; you will treasure that collection for the rest of your lives.
@annahavron Our 2 1/2 year old granddaughter just told us that she has a daughter who lives in Ohio. It was news to us.
@annahavron @maique Seconded. My friends' daughter said things that seemed like they came from a different logic system. They were startling and funny, but they slipped from our minds like minnows through a net.
@maique Adding my voice to the advice to write it all down. I have a text document (that gets triple backed up) on my phone where I put anything and everything she says that strikes me. Reading back through it is almost as good as a picture.
@gregmoore @annahavron @maique The big move would be to use Day One and publish a book of these things. (discovered this feature via @patrickrhone -- can't find the post about it right now -- and can't stop thinking about it)
@gregmoore @maique FWIW, my plan for all of the Beatrix, age X quotes I collect is to print them into a book as a gift for her on her 18th Birthday.
@numericcitizen I've read about this but, so far, it's been great. She's getting close to that age, so we might talk again about this when we get there... 🤣
@annahavron @JMaxB @cliffordbeshers @gregmoore @issimonwoods @patrickrhone These are great! I will write everything down, and figure out what to do with it later. The book idea sounds great, maybe add a few photos to it. It's a great birthday gift for when she's older, you're right! Thank you so much for the brilliant thought.
Just got home and, obviously, there's already a Drafts action that will take care of the saving. I'll write down what she said, and it's saved on Drafts AND Ulysses. Can't go wrong 🤣
@maique here's one I recorded in the 1900s. I saved all of these stories in text files, which is good, because the software I used in the '90s is... not the same. I also printed them as gifts for the grandparents. The child in this story was 3 and a half years old, and came to me with a rash on his abdomen: "I need a band-aid for my five-tummy," he said. "Your five-tummy?" "This is my forehead," he said patiently, pointing just above his eyes. He pulled up his shirt again. "And this is my five-tummy." "Ohhhhhhhhhhh." He pointed to the crown of his head. "This is my one-head." Then he pointed high on his chest. "This is my one-tummy."
@annahavron I agree, other creative people as well. I know one brilliant fellow who views the educational system as a mechanism to remove that creativity.