Mapping our lives

We were having a dinner conversation (yes! it can be done!) last night about where each of us was born, looking at the U.S.A. placemats.  In the case of my three kiddos, it so happens that they were all born in the same hospital, just down the hall from one another, in different years.  Of course, my birthplace is off the map, so my dear esposo explained to Dean where Panama is, and then proceeded to narrate the story of all the places where I grew up - in order, ending with where Daddy and Mommy met (College Station, TX), got married (San Antonio), first lived together (Dallas), went to grad school (Seattle) and have lived since (Portland). 

Dean watched Daddy's finger point to every place I lived, and when Matt finished, he asked, "But how do you know all the places where Mommy lived even though you weren't with her?"  I was pretty impressed, too - it's a long list of places to keep track of.  I said, "When you love someone, you learn all about them, even the parts that they did before you knew them." 
 "But, Mommy, I really love you, and I don't know all about you." Wow.
"Well, Dean, we have lots of time.  You can ask me any questions, and you'll learn all about me. And I'll keep asking you questions so that I can continue to learn all about you."

I love age 5!  He is soaking it all in. And we need a bigger map.

(p.s. This is a photo that was taken during another dinner conversation, when Dean was told that someday he would grow facial hair.  And, I was lucky enough to capture his bewildered and perplexed reaction!)

what she said

F: (After seeing the fireworks go off) Mo kai, peas! (Trans: More sky, please!)

other phrases and words of note:
Daddy da copy (Daddy's coffee)
Nah-nah da boppy (Fiona goes potty)
Nah-nah da bebe (Fiona's baby)
Nah-nah da bupple (Fiona's shovel)
Nah-nah da bah-po (Fiona's diaper)
Nah-nah da baf. (Fiona's bath)
bah-pooh (bubbles)

Gagung (water)
Gakooh (Thank you)

Peas (Please)
Peas (Peas)

She has her own dialect.  I thought she needed a diaper change yesterday, when all she wanted was her shovel.  It was confusing, and she was not pleased with me...

what he said

D: (Heard from the bathroom) Oh! I need to watch what I'm doing.
L:  Did you make a mess in there?
D:  No!  I didn't make a mess.  I peed all over.

D: I need some medicine to feel me better.

that's what he said

L.  Why are you wearing one blue sock and one white sock?
D.  I don't know.
L. Why do you have one blue sock on?
D. Because Sara [teacher] put the blue sock on me.
L. Why did she do that?
D. I don't know.  She just put the blue sock on me.
L.  What happened to your other white sock?
D.  I don't know!
L. Why did you take off your other white sock?
D. Because it was wet.

Aha! 

The answer was in there somewhere, I just had to figure out exactly how to ask for it...  [insert life metaphor here.]