I should write it down!

Have you ever said that? Have you heard your child say something and you’ve thought to yourself…I should write that down!  Have you listened to kids as they talk to one another and thought…That would make great dialogue.

It’s not too late. A a small spiral notebook or simply a piece of paper will be enough to capture the moment. Or use your electronic devises, your notepad, your phone. Someday the things you hear or the things you observe could become parts of stories, books, or simply shared with your kids when they get older.

Here are some things I heard my granddaughter say just within the last few days. I know I would have forgotten them if I hadn’t written them down.

 

8/26/2014

My granddaughter came home from school and was telling me about her day. PopPop had taken to her school and picked her up. I asked if he gave her a snack. She explained that he gave her some cheddar bunnies but they fell out of the bag unto the floor, so he took his hand and pushed them back in. She showed me how he did it-she used one hand to sweep the imaginary crackers into her other hand. “He thought his hand was a sweep!” she laughed.

 

8/27/2014

This morning on the way to preschool, my granddaughter said she was a pink baby pony with blue hearts all over and a mane and tail that were the colors of the rainbow. She asked me if I wanted to be pony and fly with her to school. Then she said, “And I can sprinkle us with water and we can grow unicorn horns.”

 

8/28/2014

After her afternoon nap, I was lying in bed with my granddaughter and she said, “Gaga, can you do me a flavor? Can you move your legs?”

 

9/2/2014

While my grandson was at his speech class, I took my granddaughter for a walk. She found a stick which became a magic wand which she used to turn plain leaves into fairies and acorns into crowns. I told her she was so cute. She said, “Are you going to write this down, GaGa?”