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Things that make us parents laugh
My daughter has an obsession with butterflies. Today she was putting on her mittens and said "cocoons". While in the car I heard her babbling on about something and occasionally would hear the word coccoon. When I stopped the car and got her out her mittens were not on her hands. I asked her where they were and she said, "No cocoons, Butterflies!" And she starts wiggling her fingers. I did manage to find the gloves tossed in different places in the car. What an imagination! :) I'm also happy that she's talking a lot more now... saying two or three words together in tiny sentences... and babbling incoherently... but babbling! :) Yup, I'm a proud mommy.
My specific laugh of the day with my grandson Aidan, the one with autism, would be potty related. We've been potty training him for quite a while now and for a long time our refrain was "Poopoo goes in the potty, not in your underwear." Well we discovered the the need to clarify that refrain the day Aidan walked into the room with poo in hand to carefully place it in the potty chair. He'd had an accident, but he made sure the poopoo made it to the potty chair! (Now we tell him, "Poopoo goes in the potty first, don't go poopoo in your underwear!) He's doing well. ;)
I heard that about camel humps a while ago. I wish I could remember where I found that out. I do know in the zoos they mention that little factoid, at least one of the zoos I was in. I think it was the Milwaukee zoo, but once again I don't remember. I know I said a number of things that made my parents laugh. I used to think farting was the way humans left scent trails like ants do to let others know where food is.
What is it about tearing up books that amuses kids? Especially those lift the flap books... which I call rip the flap books.
Crumbs in my eyes.... Oh, that is funny.
Crumbs in my eyes.... Oh, that is funny.
my son woke me up yelling "I have crumbs in my eyes." I asked him "crumbs from what?" He said "toast" He had a piece of sleep in his eye,lol
Well my son's oldest boy (5 yrs) has autism and his younger brother (4 yrs) does not. The other day the younger, Kai was commanding his brother Aidan to kiss him. Being fairly obedient, Aidan obliged. Then Kai tickled him. Then they both ended up in the big easy chair "reading" a book together. It was such a heart warming moment. Then I looked over at them again, and they were tearing the pages out of the book. Why does it always have to end in tears? lol
It is interesting how languages are different. In French, it is the hand of the man instead of the man's hand. Then there are the feminine and masculine la and le for "the". Makes me wish I had grown up learning it naturally.
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Thanks for restating the thing for me too... when you said when we are deep in the earth, I was wondering if you meant like 6 feet under in a coffin or something. i figured that was not what you meant because that sounded really morbid.
Man, I didn't know that about camels humps. I always wondered why their humps didn't giggle and wobble around like a water bed when people hopped on them to ride them. Way to go MJ for finding that one out!
Sharing expressions between languages and even between continents (Brits verus Americans for example) that have the same language would be interesting. I have two British friends (though I guess I should say had since one of them is dead, but the other is alive... so is it had or have?). I knew them from one place I used to work, and one of them worked in the same office as I. The other was a friend who would occasionally come over to have lunch. I didn't realize the one swore all the time until the other British friend told me she had a mouth like a sailor. Which actually wasn't surprising since her father was a sailor when she was growing up. LOL... I had no clue she had a potty mouth. I didn't remember the words/phrases, though. I also studied two foreign languages which have different expressions than we do, naturally. In Russian, instead of having different words for rain, drizzle, downpour, they say the rain is walking or the rain is running or the rain is taking a slow walk (I forget what it is exactly for drizzle). It just seemed so silly when I was learning about how to express that it's raining outside, but it does kind of make more sense to describe the rain that way than to have separate words like downpour or deluge.
Man, I didn't know that about camels humps. I always wondered why their humps didn't giggle and wobble around like a water bed when people hopped on them to ride them. Way to go MJ for finding that one out!
Sharing expressions between languages and even between continents (Brits verus Americans for example) that have the same language would be interesting. I have two British friends (though I guess I should say had since one of them is dead, but the other is alive... so is it had or have?). I knew them from one place I used to work, and one of them worked in the same office as I. The other was a friend who would occasionally come over to have lunch. I didn't realize the one swore all the time until the other British friend told me she had a mouth like a sailor. Which actually wasn't surprising since her father was a sailor when she was growing up. LOL... I had no clue she had a potty mouth. I didn't remember the words/phrases, though. I also studied two foreign languages which have different expressions than we do, naturally. In Russian, instead of having different words for rain, drizzle, downpour, they say the rain is walking or the rain is running or the rain is taking a slow walk (I forget what it is exactly for drizzle). It just seemed so silly when I was learning about how to express that it's raining outside, but it does kind of make more sense to describe the rain that way than to have separate words like downpour or deluge.
Contrary to popular belief, the humps of camels are fat reservoirs and are not water reservoirs. Camels can go for ten months without a sip of water, as long as they can get sufficient moisture from green vegetation and dew. Camels have a number of physiological adaptations that allow them to forego water. For instance, camels can lose up to 40 percent of their body weight with no ill effects. A camel can also withstand a variation in body temperature of up to 14° Fahrenheit (-10° Celsius).
And when a camel reaches water, it can consume huge quantities in a short time. A camel can drink 30 gallons (113.4 liters) of water in ten minutes and up to 50 gallons (189 liters) over several hours.
Camels may have one hump or two humps. A one-humped camel is called a Dromedary, or Arabian, camel. A two-humped camel is called a Bactrian camel. Dromedary camels live in.
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That said..."AW shucks, M...., you spoil the illusion from childhood for me. Trust you to be factual here and have to straighten out things instead of having "fun" with it.
I grew up with people saying it, so just went along for the fun of it. So, lets be factual, M...., and I will re-phrase it to please you: I wish we could store up moments that are treasurable and memorable so that when we are depressed, those special moments stored away would somehow be able to be felt in such a way to lift us up to re-live the happiness and joy again.
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And when a camel reaches water, it can consume huge quantities in a short time. A camel can drink 30 gallons (113.4 liters) of water in ten minutes and up to 50 gallons (189 liters) over several hours.
Camels may have one hump or two humps. A one-humped camel is called a Dromedary, or Arabian, camel. A two-humped camel is called a Bactrian camel. Dromedary camels live in.
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That said..."AW shucks, M...., you spoil the illusion from childhood for me. Trust you to be factual here and have to straighten out things instead of having "fun" with it.
I grew up with people saying it, so just went along for the fun of it. So, lets be factual, M...., and I will re-phrase it to please you: I wish we could store up moments that are treasurable and memorable so that when we are depressed, those special moments stored away would somehow be able to be felt in such a way to lift us up to re-live the happiness and joy again.
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I thought camals have fat in their humps, not water.
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question104.htm
http://www.howstuffworks.com/question104.htm
LOL!!! The "mines" is when we are deep in the earth (could say, "pits") and yes, you get the A for the camel's storing the treasures & keeping on keeping on.
Camels earn their living in different places. If you go to Elmbrook Church when they have their big production: Bethlehem Marketplace, you may see one there in December. Sharing "expressions" might make an interesting topic sometime.
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Camels earn their living in different places. If you go to Elmbrook Church when they have their big production: Bethlehem Marketplace, you may see one there in December. Sharing "expressions" might make an interesting topic sometime.
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Do camels work in mines? I've never heard that expression before. I am guessing it has something to do with they store water up in their humps. It'd be nice to be a 2 humped dromedary instead of a 1 hump one... do 2 humps get to store more water? Um, I'm digressing... I realize. Sorry. Yes, you are right, I do want to store these moments up to treasure!
Good for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy those moments!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too bad we can't store them up like camels to spend when we are in the mines :-OOOOOO
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