Natural Phenomenon
The two-year-old mind is a fascinating thing. Its reasoning and stream of conciousness is amazing.
Here in NC we’ve had more than our share of thunderstorms and rain this summer. The loud thunder and power outages have left our little one wide-eyed. Meanwhile, her summer flick has been Cars. You know, the well-marketed Disney movie with Owen Wilson and sadly, Larry The Cable Guy.
I can’t hate on that mediocre comedian since Charlotte has thickened up her budding southern accent to say “Shooot!” whenever “Mater” is on the screen. It’s pretty adorable.
The other day we were driving home and I saw a big streak of lightning shoot through the clouds.
Me: “Whoa! Charlotte, did you see the lightning in the sky?!”
Her: “Lightnin’ in da sky!?”
Me: “Yeah! Up in those clouds. We’re getting another storm.”
Her: “Lightnin in da sky? No! I can’t reach him in da sky!
We both paused for a moment to ponder what the other had just said.
Her: “Mama, cars are on da ground! Dey not in da sky!”
That was when I realized that to her, “lightning” was Disney and Pixar’s own Lightning McQueen, not the natural phenomenon for which he was named. When we got home and she saw her “Lightning” she showed me he was in fact, safely on the ground and not in the sky. Silly Mama!
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That reminds me of when Will was two and we were taking my sister to reclaim her car which was in the shop. She said, “Cone on Will, we have to pick up my car!” And Will looked at her like she was an idiot and said, “Whitty (Whitney) Car too heavy!”
Ba ha ha! That is awesome.
Haha! My parents showed Lukas the Mater cartoons on Netflix…and I’m not a Larry the Cable Guy fan. Now he walks around sticking his tongue out because that’s what Mater does.
My kids love Mater Tall Tales. We all walk around the house randomly singing the heavy metal version of Dad Gum.
I do love that he says “Dad Gum.” It makes me think of my Grandfather.
The “Shoot!” kills me. Also, she says, “Mater’s gots teef!” I can’t hate Larry now b/c she loves Mater so much.