Clara Conversations
Convo #1
Clara (after eating dry cereal out of a bowl with her face): Mom, that was amazing!
Convo #2
Clara: Mommy, you know what I really love?
Mommy: What?
Clara: Blankets.
Convo #3
Clara (when Macklemore came on the radio): Macklemore! He likes money in his pocket. I have three quarters. He probably wants to share with me.
Convo #4
Clara (randomly out of nowhere, while we’re all driving in the car): I can’t believe my eyes! (about nothing in particular and then falls silent again)
Convo #5
Mommy: What did you do at music class today?
Clara: We did everything with the hoop! We sang to it. We danced around it. We jumped on it. We ran around it. But we didn’t do one thing to it.
Momma: What thing didn’t you do to the hula hoop?
Clara: We didn’t decorate it.
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Hahahahaha! I love these Clara Posts! The one about the hoop was like the ones from Home Depot–you know she’s definitely got that DIY bug.
Clara Convos are the best thing that ever happens to my Monday mornings! I love that she thinks Macklemore would share with her. Also, girlfriend isn’t even 3 years old and she knows the word ‘decorate’?! Amazing! I’d love to see how she’d decorate a hula hoop!
Love the “We didn’t decorate it” part with the hoop! Hilarious!
Hahahaaaaaa…. so glad you write these down, and share with us!
Girlfriend loves to decorate, clearly. Oh, and blankets too. :)
Hahaha :)) “I can’t believe my eyes!” and “We didn’t decorate it” are my fav :)) What a clever girl describing everything they did to the hula hoop :))She is just the cutest!
Conversation number 2 reminds me of a sonnet my hub wrote about Love and Blankets-
http://www.kidseep.com/2008/10/06/love-and-blankets-a-warm-lullaby/
So sweet!
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“Quotes by Clara” –I live for these!! She is just a stich and doesn’t even need to try, awwwdorable!!!
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Hi! Love Clara conversation’s. Convo 5 is my fav. Its really clear that she is learning from her parents that nothing is complete without decor on it. Put a decor on it, Clara! Specially is hula hoop is involved.
Clara’s quote about Macklemore kills me. KILLS ME. How on earth can she understand the lyrics to that song? He raps so fast!
Haha, sometimes we sing along, so I think that’s how she picked that up. She’s so funny how many lyrics she’s learning (makes us very careful about listening to clean stuff – haha!).
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She is so cute for thinking about sharing her quarters with Macklemore. How thoughtful!
So cute! Everyone wants to decorate a hula hoop, duh!
“We didn’t decorate it.” – Love that she is getting some exposure to DIY projects at home from her loving parents :) She’s gonna be very well-rounded when she grows up!
LOVE this! (And blankets, too..)
Good thing your little girl knows that it’s important to decorate — especially hula hoops! I love Clara Conversations :) And anytime I hang out with my friend’s 2.5 yr old daughter.
She is so funny! It’s been so much fun watching her grow up through your blog, and I’m so happy you share her with us!
It’s obvious she is a very cared-for and loved little girl :-)
Aw thanks Nicole! We think she’s the funniest thing on the planet. Haha!
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I’m with Clara. I love blankets too. She’s a funny one.
Yep. #5——your child for sure, lol :)
Seriously, these are my absolute favorite blog posts you do, and that’s saying a lot since I’m sort of a big fan. ;) She’s such a funny little girl!
HaHa,
That’s a great thing to have your crafty daughter say!
Love it!
You guys are doing something right! Clara is full of personality. Love these posts. :)
She is just too precious! Do you ever wish these once-in-a-lifetime moments could be automatically caught on camera!? I hope I NEVER forget the sound of my lil’ guy’s voice! Tell her that any girl who’s into decorating, and MACKLEMORE is pretty cool in my book! (Does she do the Harlem Shake!?) Hee Hee;)
Love your blog, as always!
B
Yes! I never have the camera around (and if it comes out she clams up and doesn’t say it again). So they get to live on in our brains- and on this blog (which is nice since we’d probably forget them otherwise, haha!).
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Literally laughed out loud at work at #3. Sometimes I will just break out into “What what. What. What.”
That Macklemore comment is too cute! I loveee that she thinks decorating it one of the most important things to do to a hula hoop. I’m sure it would make a great wreath.
convo #3 about macklemore had me cry laughing at work.
clara is a look into the future on how my top 40 jamz addiction will impact my future kids. so far it looks AWESOME.
The hoop one made me laugh out loud. She is SO your daughter! I’m surprised she didn’t try to paint it.
She is just too funny and cute for words. I always look forward to these posts – they just make my day!
OMG I just love her. She makes me want to have kids . . . someday! :-)
Haha! Best Clara Conversations post ever! She gets funnier every day.
Ha ha! They didn’t decorate the hoop. That’s awesome. She’s not used to people NOT decorating things. :)
Too cute.
Greetings from the Empire State!
Clara’s “decorate” comment had me laughing out loud this a.m. It so interesting the things kids pick up on and the way they choose view their own reality…..Here at the house of Kaye we seek out, restore and re-sell vintage and antique furnishings. One day last year when the mailperson rang the bell to let us know they had left a package at the door, I overheard this;
4 yr old(to 6 yr old): Nana’s here!
6 yr old: No, it’s somebody here to buy a
chair……
Hahah!
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That hoop thing is the best! Clara reminds me of my daughter as a toddler. (She is turning 15 tomorrow so sometimes my patience is frayed.) Your Clara stories help me remember my daughter is sweet underneath!
I’m SO glad you’re documenting the little comments that Clara makes. They will be a priceless keepsake. Oftentimes parents get busy and don’t take the time to keep up with things like this. You’ll be happy that you did!
ok. i think the time has come for this to be said. 86 YHL and begin the Thus Spake Clarathustra blog. it’s a total winner. blankets and i can’t believe my eyes is just too good.
Hahaha, I think in a few years we’ll have Clara blogging on her own over here. Just random musings about blankets and goats and all the other things she loves.
xo
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She gets funnier every day indeed ! I really LOL with Convo #4. I just imagined her in that situation saying it and then the silence.
And #5, ofcourse she’s your kid ! And ofcourse that’s where she got that humour from. It must be fun at your house :-)
You guys should decorate a hoop with her and make some kind of modern canopy for over her bed in the new big girl room!
Aw, that would be sweet!
xo
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The one about “I have three quarters in my pocket, he probably wants to share with me.” ? Hilarious.
I love the Clara Conversations! They always make me chuckle! As a former preschool teacher, i really miss those random things the kids say!!
I love the Clara Conversations! They always make me chuckle! As a former preschool teacher, i really miss those random things the kids say!! Keep em’ coming!!
“We didn’t decorate it..” I DIE! That’s adorable. She’s adorable. You all are adorable. Okay, I’m done gushing on how cute that is.. except that I’m probably going to make everyone in my office read this and gush over her too!
Love these so much. She is such an awesome kiddo. We don’t have any of our own yet, and none on the way, so we’re a long way from a funny, talking cutie, but thanks for sharing Clara with all of us–it helps keep my mornings in a little better perspective. :) And keeps me excited for when that time will come in our lives!
Hahaha! Clara Conversations are always such a bright spot in my day! I just love them!
I love Clara convos. That kid must keep it entertaining at the Petersik house!
I keep telling my hubs that we need to start writing down convos with our just-turned-2-year-old. The kid has us laughing every day and I have a terrible memory. My recent fave was last weekend, I had just bought the new Twilight movie and I had snuck it in the DVD player. My hubby came in and turned it off and she says “HEY! I was watching dat!” Atta girl! ;)
Oh man I’ve been reading your blog for a long time now, but these Clara conversations are becoming my favorite thing. I don’t even have kids but I’m grinning like crazy when I read these.
I feel the same way about blankets.
I might be way late to the party, but do you guys know about this book: http://www.amazon.com/My-Quotable-Kid-Parents-Unforgettable/dp/0811868842?
When we were kids, my grandma used to write down things we’d say so she could tell my mom when she picked us up from visits. Grandma’s little notebook of funny kid sayings was always so fun to look back on. My son isn’t talking too much yet, but I got one of these books for Christmas so I can carry on the tradition once he starts saying hilarious things.
So cute! I write everything Clara says in a little journal John got me!
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Hahaha, number 4 is awesome. My 3.5 year old did something similar a few months ago; he was playing with his toys and suddenly piped up, “SPEAKing of which…” Never did finish his sentence. I guess we’ll never know. :P
And his latest hilarious quote: my husband is sick and kiddo was being a little naggy last night about wanting a piece of leftover birthday cake despite having been told to wait until after dinner.
Finally hubby said, “Not now, honey, Daddy’s sick.” Son replied in an understanding voice, “I know, honey, but i REALLY need some cake.”
I died.
Hahahahahah! “Speaking of which….” is hilarious!
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So funny! Can’t wait to experience funny little conversations with our girl on the way!
You write these and in your little book right? How fun to go back and read all of them….she’s such “a lady” now and saying the funniest things!!
Yes, my little word a day journal has been awesome for jotting them all down!
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These are my favorite posts to read! They absolutely crack me up. It is so nice that Clara will be able to go back and look at these posts someday too.
You’re obviously doing a good job with this one : )
Oh my gosh.. is it weird that I am in love with Clara (and I’ve obviously never met her)? Don’t worry; it’s not the kind-of we-have-stalkers-and-need-to-close-the-blog-and-join-witness-protection kind of love. :D
Haha!
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