From the Toby Files

[lls_mutant]

Seriously, I need a few more Calvin icons. Because my kid IS Calvin.

1.) Toby was talking about his in-laws the other day. I told him that he doesn't have any yet. When he's much, much older and if he gets married, then he'll have in-laws. "Oh," he tells me, "I'm not getting married for a long time."

"Good," I say, determined not to make my child believe that marriage is absolutely essential to happiness and that singledom is evil. "Because that's okay. Mommy just wants you to be happy, whether you get married or not."

"Oh, I'll get married. When I'm thirteen."

::headdesk::

2.) Toby also has imaginary friends. At current count, I believe there are four. Astol and Astae (he named them himself) hang around with us the most. Astol is the best buddy, and he looks, dresses, and talks just like Toby. Oh yeah, Astol and Astae also have a baby brother that's like Trevor. Bana shows up every now and then- he was pushing me on the swing today. And Gangya likes to play in our basement. As my husband says, can we increase the number of tax deductions?

3.) A new word has apparently been added to the English language: plumey. "That was plumey!" Toby declared.

"What does plumey mean?"

"It means when you throw it, it sparkles."

It's creative enough that my kid is making up words. But he keeps using "plumey", and always in the same context. I don't know whether I should laugh my ass off or be really, really impressed.

4.) We went to the park today, and then went to McDonald's for lunch. For any of you other mothers out there, this is probably an unremarkable treat. For me, this was a miracle, because I didn't have to bring any food. My boys both ate chicken nuggets, Trevor ate some of the French fries, and Toby drank chocolate milk. They were giving free sundaes with the happy meals, so Toby had part of a sundae, and I got one for myself and Trevor to split. It was amazing.

5.) I rewatched part of Razor the other day. I have to admit, I kind of really, really like Belzen.

Okay. Back to frantically writing!!!!

Comments

[tin-o-biscuits.livejournal.com]

too much AAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW going on here.

"Because that's okay. Mommy just wants you to be happy, whether you get married or not."
You win at mom-ery.

Imaginary friends, omg!! (I had two dragons- Thunderbolt and Pancake.)

Can I steal 'plumey' or do I have to pay royalties for it? X3

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

Your dragons sound adorable! :)

Go ahead and steal plumey. (I actually used it as a call sign for a pilot in A Lot to Live Up To!)

[safenthecity.livejournal.com]

Your kid! Married at 13! Man, he is ready for the future, isn't he?

Aren't imaginary friends great? I never managed to hold on to mine for more than a few days, so I'm pretty impressed your kid has this in-depth knowledge of four.

Plumey makes me smile. "When you throw it, it sparkles." Awesome. I made up a word that meant "to throw rocks." Apparently I liked throwing rocks? Do you have anything that sparkles when you throw it?

Back to work! I expect an update on Friday! ;)

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

I know! I'm hoping he'll still think girls have cooties at 13. They can start having sex when I'm ready for grandkids :) (Because I TOTALLY waited that long. 0:) Riiiiiiight.)

Imaginary friends are awesome- it cracks me up that he has them :)

We don't have anything that sparkles when we through it, but I'm betting he'll be using it when he throws rocks in the creek!

And the update is off to the beta! :)

[cariadusclan.livejournal.com]

Oh man, your kid is hilarious! How old is he? I love the word "plumey". I want to use it all the time now.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Thanks! He's 3 and a half :) He's my talker (aka- he never shuts up) and he's got one heck of an imagination :)

[aome.livejournal.com]

That is the Happy Meal of AWESOME!!

(I did enjoy the other anecdotes, too, but this is the one thing for which I wanted to do the Snoopy dance with you.)

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :) It was amazing- I can barely believe he's finally doing it! :)

[kappamaki33.livejournal.com]

"Plumey"--aw, your kid rocks! Now I'm going to have to use that, and no one will know what it means, but that's nothing new for me. That's the sort of thing one could totally pass off as a real word.

Why do you like Belzen? Not that I don't think he's likeable, I'm just curious. He doesn't have that long before he becomes little more than a puddle of blood on the floor of the Pegasus CIC...

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

Thanks :)

You know, that's a good question. I was watching the Razor parts though, and the guy really has some charm. He seems like he was actually a good balance to Cain before she went off the deep end, and he's got a great smile. Plus, I know what he did in my universe, and I love him for that :) And okay, he's really pretty cute ;)

[millari.livejournal.com]

"Oh," he tells me, "I'm not getting married for a long time."

"Good," I say, determined not to make my child believe that marriage is absolutely essential to happiness and that singledom is evil. "Because that's okay. Mommy just wants you to be happy, whether you get married or not."

"Oh, I'll get married. When I'm thirteen."

Heh. This reminds me of when I was in first grade and I asked my teenaged babysitter once what grade she was in. She told me twelfth grade, and it boggled my mind. I couldn't even imagine being that old and achieving that grade in school. :)

My boys both ate chicken nuggets...
I'm so glad to hear that Toby's eating status continues to improve. I remember how bad things were only a few months ago. You had me at "went to McDonald's for lunch."

His imaginary friends sound awesome. What intriguing names he picked out for them! They sound like people who live in space.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

I couldn't even imagine being that old and achieving that grade in school. :)

Heh- I know. But I hate thinking about that, because then I DO feel old :)

He cracks me up all the time.

LOVE your icon, btw!

[rinelk.livejournal.com]

Hypotheses: Toby is interested in space, which contains comets, which have sparkly plumes as they fly by. I'm thinking the reason he made up that particular word for that meaning may have been perfectly sensible, and therefore all the more impressive.

[lls-mutant.livejournal.com]

That would be impressive! But I think he calls the tails tails or comas. (We read scientific books, can you tell? Heck, let me put it this way- I actually know that Ceres and Eris exist. ;) ) I have to say though, this is a fun age!

[daybreak777.livejournal.com]

Yay for kids eating! That's so awesome. :-) And you as Toby's mom helped make it happen.

And remember, Calvin was a very smart little boy. Your son might grow up to be smarter than Toby Ziegler and that would be terrific!!!!

[geekbynight.livejournal.com]

I watched Razor and just the fact that AJ was credited made me want to do a Belzen/Gaeta oneshot (and Kendra/Felix, both would certainly help the Little Black Dress challenge) even though he didn't appear.

[prophetkristy.livejournal.com]

SO cute and smart!! Those are the ones to watch out for! ;-)

I think "plumey" needs to be added to my vocabulary.