Vignettes

"I hate that," A declared.

"You're too small to have hate in your soul," I said, placing my palms gently upon his breast and forehead. "Love, love, LOVE!"

"Hate, hate, hate!" he said.

"Love!"

"Hate!"

This went on for a little while until we both started giggling.

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The doorbell rang. It was guests for New Year's Waffles.

I was running around like a maniac over the stove, so I told A to let the guests in. He went into the living room and saw them, through the picture glass window, standing on the steps.

He sees J every now and then at the library; he's met G before; he knows D, L and BB from various park outings. But he's never seen all five together at once, standing in trench coats outside the door.

He looked at them, with a suspicious scowl (probably inherited from me) on his face. Then slowly he lifts his hands and shrugs his shoulders. By this time I hadn't heard the front door open yet.

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A saw that we had a grapefruit (thanks Grandma).

He also discovered that we own a glass pitcher.

He decided that he had to emulate Ruby from "Max and Ruby," and make "lemonade to raise money for his bunnyscout troupe." A detailed "Max and Ruby" quotation followed.

M says that it will be easier for me when he starts quoting "Monty Python."

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A was visiting with some friends.

After they made a car wash with his new cardboard blocks, it was time to put things away. Jo started to help him, noticed she was doing all of the work and said so. A looked really hard at her and said, "I'm counting them."

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"A!" I said, "Why must you pull the couch cover off of the couch when I've told you several times today not to?"

A looked at me and said, "It's my nature."

"You're not a wild animal; rise above your nature."

He held his head sideways. "But you said I had the 'pick it' gene."

Did Charles Darwin ever have this sort of situation ?