Recent Becca and Sylvie-isms

A "Becca": It was way past her usual bedtime on Saturday (Feb. 28) and I was trying to do a few things on the computer. She was supposed to be lying down on the couch and going to sleep, but she was too full of energy. The lights were out, when suddenly she says, "Is today February 28?" Close to the end of my patience, I replied, "Yes it is." She exclaimed, "Then tomorrow is MARCH 1!!" Frustrated, I gave one of those silly hyperbolic parental responses: "Yes, but if you don't go to sleep, it'll never be March! It'll stay February forever!" A little voice responded from the dark beyond the computer screen's light, "No it won't." (In case you don't already know, she's excited about March because her birthday is coming up.)


Now a "Sylvie": Becca was doing some school work and Sylvia went into the kitchen to look at the US map. I went in to throw something away and Sylvia said, "Is this Tennessee where we live?" and pointed to TN. So I said yes, and then she pointed to Georgia - "And this is Georgia where Grandpa lives?" "Yes." "So when we went to visit Grandpa we drove from Tennessee down to Georgia (and she traced it on the map)." "Yep, sweetie, that's right!" She paused for a moment and then pointed at the western part of the map: "I don't want to drive over to Nineveh!"