Trini, in the other room: T-r-i-n-i-t-y... Mommmmaaa, I can't spell my name, I can only spell Daddy's name.
I walk over to her.
Me: How do you spell Daddy's name?
Trini: Well, I don't know.
Me: But you just...
Trini: Yeah. K.
Me: Can you spell "daddy"?
Trini: Not perfectly.
Me: Nothing is perfect. Can you try?
Trini, goes letter-by-letter sounding it out and says: D-a-t-y... Is that right?
Me: Ooo, close, its d-a-d-d-y
Trini: uh, Mom, are you sure?
Me: I think so.
Trini: okaaaayyyyy, if you say so.
August 10, 2013
Me: Trini, sing O Christmas Tree for me
Trini: I can't without my book.
Me: Oh... is it "O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree how lovely are your needles"?
Trini: Uh, no. Its "O Christmas tree, O Christmas tree how lovely are your branches. In beauty green will always grow, through summer sun and winter snow! O Christmas Tree, O Christmas Tree how lovely are your branches"
Me: And you can't sing it without the book huh?
Trini: Nope.
August 14, 2013
Digging for a toy.
August 15, 2013
Trini's first eye appointment.
August 19, 2013
Trini tattled that one of the other kids said "butt"
Me: Well, saying the word is OK, but joking about it and being gross about it isn't OK.
Ross: Yeah, like if you say "I fell on my butt" thats OK.
Trini: But if I fall on my butt I'll be stuck
Me: You will?
Trini: Yeah because if I fall on my butt like that then I'll get stuck in the hole and [ramble ramble ramble for a good 3-4 mins with Ross and I just staring and nodding] and the monsters will come out of I fall on my butt so I can't fall on my butt so they'll stay in.
Me: Really?
Trini: yeah
Me: wow
Trini walked away
Me: So... she shouldn't fall on her butt because she has monsters in her butt?
Ross: Yeah, thats pretty much what I got out of it too... Just... We're just gonna leave that over there...
August 20, 2013
Trini with my hair draped over her head :)
August 21, 2013
Trini and Nya are playing
Nya, wearing a purse: I have to go to the store I'll be back
Trini: You don't have to go to the store, I have super powers like CHOCOLATE POWEEERRRRS I can give you chocolate
Nya: Yeah, but we need other stuff from the store
Trini, completely serious: Like what?
August 30, 2013
Trini: Have a seat, Kenny
Kenny: I... I am sitting.
Trini: No you're not
Kenny stands up: Oh you're right
Trini: Now have a seat
Kenny sits
Trini: HAVE A SEAT KENNY
Kenny: I AM sitting.
Trini tosses a chair from the dollhouse in his direction: HAVE A SEAT!
September 3, 2013
First time sleeping in her OWN room BY HERSELF.
September 5, 2013
I asked Trini what she wants to be when she grows up, she said, "the best mommy, like you"
September 13, 2013
Me, trying not to laugh: what are you doing?
Trini: oh, uh, waiting for Joel to get out of the bathroom cuz I have to go potty.
Me: we have 2 other bathrooms
Trini: I know.
September 17, 2013
Trini: that guy is a good guy I can tell
Me: oh yeah? How?
Trini: cuz he's on a motorcycle and motorcycles are cool.
September 21, 2013
Ross brought me a kids meal from subway for lunch. I got up to do something, came back and Trini was eating my chips.
Me: what are you doing?
Trini: eating chips
Me:, yeah but what KIND of chips?
Trini: YOUR chips.
September 22, 2013
Hailey was helping out, washing dishes, and Trini wanted to help so she was given the job of wiping down the tables. By the time Trini got done wiping down the tables Hailey was done with the dishes. Trini starts crying, goes to her grandma Barbara for comfort and says she wanted to help with dishes. We explain that there are no more dishes to wash, to which she replies "My heart is ripping" so grandma suggests she clean the sink... That made her happy....
September 23, 2013
Trini chose her outfit...
September 24, 2013
Trini: uhh, why do you have a pillow on your head?
Me: because I have a headache and darkness might make it better so instead of making the whole room dark, I put a pillow on my head
Trini, piling more pillows on my head: here, have more pillows, you're my momma and I'm gonna take care of you and make you ALLLL better
September 26, 2013
Trini, "reading" Noah Had A Little Ark, pointing at each animal: And that's a mommy, and a daddy, and a mommy and a daddy, and a mommy and a da- mommy, and-
Me: wait that's two mommies?
Trini: well, yes.
Me: oh, I thought he took one boy and one girl of each
Trini: well, sometimes girls love girls or boys love boys. Its ok momma, they don't have cooties, they're just people too you know?
September 26, 2013
Gavin: I'm never going to read when I get older, not even when I have my own kids
Me: really? That's your plan?
Gavin: Yup, no reading EVER.
Trini: Um, Gavin, that's not a very good plan.
Gavin: sure it is, I don't need to read nothing
Trini hands him a book: uh, you really do.
Septemeber 27, 2013
Trini: Momma, do you wanna play with me?
Me: Play with you? But why?
Trini: Mmmmm because I love you and you love me too and you like to see me happy.
October 6, 2013
Trini's trip to Disney Junior Live
I have NEVER seen her so excited! She absolutely could not sit still. She fell out of her seat (that she wasn't even heavy enough to weigh down) many times out of excitement! She kept calling the characters names trying to get their attention and completely and totally flipped when she saw Cinderella! October 9, 2013
Trini: Momma, yesterday you said Halloween is in 23 days right?
Me: Yep!
Trini: so then today is 2, tomorrow is one then its Halloween, right?!
Me: Nope.
Trini: Ye- uh what now?
Me: Today there are 22 days, then tomorrow there'll be 21 days then 20 and all the way down to 3, 2, then 1.
Trini: But I want it to be 2 days right now.
Me: Me too.
Trini: Do you think we can go "chicker" treating tomorrow just for fun anyway?
Me: Why do you want Halloween to come so soon?
Trini: Cuz I'm gonna be Snow White, she's my favorite you know.
Me: Not for the candy huh?
Trini: well, yeah that too, but I'm gonna be Snow White!
October 12, 2013
Trini: Momma, I'm suffering.
Me: You're what?
Trini: I'm suffering. Can I have a doctor or some medicine or something? Or how 'bout just take my nose off, can we do that?
Me: sorry, Baby, I can't take your nose off. But I can see if we have a decongestant or something.
Trini: That doesn't sound like something that'll work on my stuffy nose but I'll try it.
October 13, 2013
I put both halves of Trini's bagel down in front of her, sat down across from her at the table and put my bagel in front of me.
Trini, wrinkled brow: Momma, you can't do that to your bagel.
Me: Do what?
Trini: You have to eat it in half you can't eat it like that on top like a sandwich.
Me: Why not?
Trini: because you're not supposed to, you have to eat it in half
Me: But it'll taste the same either way....
Trini: I KNOW but you're not SUPPOSED to.
Me: I can eat it this way, its OK.
Trini, in a "we'll see" kind of tone: Well, oooookkkkk...
Then she added in a really low voice "But you're wrong.
October 19, 2013
Trini, Ross, Shelli and I went out last night. Trini got many, many compliments on how cute she, her outfit and her sparkly boots were.
During one conversation...
Lady: I saw you dancing, are you going to be a dancer when you grow up?
Trini: no, I'm gonna get married.
Lady: oh, how old do you have to be to get married?
Trini: four!
Then almost immediately another woman cut in and the first one kind of walked away.
Lady: how old are you?
Trini: I'm three!
Lady: are you married yet?
Trini: no
Lady: why not?!
Trini: cuz I'm not 4 yet!
Ross: woah hold on there a minute, we're shooting for at least 6!
October 21, 2013
Trini: Momma, I don't wanna get older.
Me: You don't, why not?
Trini: Because it'll be bad.
Me: How will it be bad?
Trini: It'll DESTROY THE WOOORLD!!
Me: It will?
Trini: Uh huh, I'm sure.
October 31, 2013
Trini doing "bub fu" while running some errands with Daddy.
Wearing my Halloween wig.
All is quiet, I'm watching Trini think...
Trini: momma, we've been through this, I'm not a dalek.
Me: you're not?
Trini: nope.
Me: are you Clara?
Trini: mmm yes.
Me: then you're a dalek.
Trini: ugh! No!
Me: dalek.
Trini: UGH!
Trini, responding to something her daddy said: what the-
(She never finishes the sentence)
Ross: don't say that anymore
Trini: but why?
Ross: because it usually ends in a bad word
Trini: but daddy, heck is just a big giant OK word to use...
Me= trying to muffle a laugh
November 2, 2013
Trini and I went to a rodeo today and she got to ride a horse (and see one in-person for that matter) for the first time.
November 16, 2013
Me: can I bite you?
Trini: no
Me: can I bite Daddy?
Trini: no
Me: but if I bite Daddy it won't hurt you Trini: yes it will
Me: it will?!
Trini: yes
Me: how?!
Trini: it'll hurt my feelings that my daddy is hurt
November 20, 2013
Earlier this evening...
Me: Thank you for picking up the mess even though you didn't want to, that was very Big Girl of you.
Trinity, pouting: No it wasn't!
Me: Yes it was! A baby would have kept playing and not listened to Momma, but you cleaned up the first time I asked.
Trini, still pouting: It wasn't a big girl, it was a MAD girl!
Me: Well, yes, I noticed it was a mad girl that put those toys away... but it was a mad BIG girl, not a mad BABY.
Trini, angry tone: OK, but I'm still mad at you Momma!
Me: Well, I'm sorry to hear that, but its OK to be mad sometimes.
Trini, angry tone: No its not!
Me: Oh, OK.
Trini, sweet tone: Are you OK though, do you need a hug?
November 25, 2013
Me: why did you decide on a blue skirt with a pink top and pink flower?
Trini: cuz, Momma, the pink on my shirt matches to the pink in my flower and my boots. The blue is for a pop of color!
Me: the blue is for what?
Trini: a POP of COLOR you know something a little different and bright!
November 26, 2013
Gavin and Trini got in a little tiff and hit each other, Trini started crying.
Me: what's wrong baby?
Trini: I'm so sorry I hit him!
Me: that's OK baby, you're supposed to defend yourself
Trini: I know but I'm so sorry I hit him
Me: its good that you feel bad about it, but he's fine.
Trini: I know but I could have hurt him.
November 27, 2013
November 30, 2013
For those who don't know: The Powerpuff Girls are made of "sugar, spice, and everything nice" with the accidentally added ingredient "Chemical X" the combination of these ingredients gave the little girls special powers (flying, speed, heat vision, x-ray vision, and a few others)
Trini and I were sitting, watching TV
Trini: Momma, you smell that?
Me: Yes.
Trini: you know what that is?
Me: Yes...
Trini: its not fart, is X the Chemical from Powerpuff Girls
Me: The Powerpuff girls are here?
Trini: No, silly, I'M a Powerpuff girl!
December 1, 2013
Trini's Chanukkah gift.
December 6, 2013
Trini: can I write Santa a letter?
Me: sure...
Trini: I know he's not real, but Charlie Brown wrote him so I can too
Me: you're right, you can write to whoever you want, Babygirl
Trini: so, I might need some help cuz I can't spell yet
Me: well, tell me what you want to say, and I'll help you spell it out...
I allowed her to space letters however she wanted because at 3 years old I'm just proud she can write letters at all... This was the result...
December 20, 2013
Sugar cookie house...I only provided one photo of the finished house because that was the only side Trini did, and this is a blog "All About Trini" :)
December 25, 2013
Christmas morning.
December 27, 2013
Trini: your husband dropped his hat.
Me: my what?
Trini: Daddy said he's the husband and you're his life.
Me: he did?
Trini: yeah, he said your his life, like his whole life.
Me: do you think maybe he said wife?
Trini: he didn't.
Trini, speaking as though she is talking about the time she met her favorite celebrity: Remember when we saw a rainbow?
Me, not remembering any one specific exceptional rainbow: yeah!
Trini: like, one in this world, on this planet, not in fake life?!
Me: yeah, rainbows exist here...
Trini: isn't it GREAT?!
Trini: can I have a drink please?
Me, playful tone: not til you count to 50
Trini: do I haaave toooo?
Me: mmmmm yes
Trini sighs: okaaay...
She counts up to 20 then starts counting by 10s and stops at 50
I look at her like "heeyy you cheated"
Trini, laughing: whahahat? You didn't say HOW to count!
December 28, 2013
Trini went skating for the first time today, SHE LOVED IT!
Trini has all of her letter sounds down pretty well, and can even read ALL three letter words I've given her. So today, I thought I'd give her a little bit of a challenge. I cut out some squares and wrote one letter on each square and asked her to spell any three letter word that came to my mind, whether it was a real word or not. When I couldn't think of any more words, I just sat there smiling at her like a goofball.
Trini, smiling: what?
Me: Nothing, I'm just so proud of you.
Trini: Well don't thank ME.
Me, unaware I had thanked her: Don't thank you? Why not?
Trini: Because I love you!
January 8, 2014
Me: No, that's not the toy section anymore, I think its clothes for teens now.
Trini: and humans?
January 13, 2014
Trini is sick in bed. I tucked her in bed all nice and tight with water on her nightstand, the dog at her feet and a bowl on her bed beside her.
Me: If you need anything at all just call and I'll hear you on the monitor and come help you.
Trini, as I was leaving the room: Momma?
Me: Yes?
Trini: Can you stay and watch on me? I always feel better when you look at me.
Me, crawling up next to her: You do? Why?
Trini: Uh huh, cuz you always smile when you look at me and I like it.
January 15, 2014
While at the park today, Trini only played with one girl (one I've never seen before).. Who happened to always call Trini "Reindeer" so on the way home...
Me: Why did your new friend keep calling you Reindeer?
Trini: Cuz I told her that's my name.
Me: You told her your name is Reindeer?
Trini, laughing: Yeahaha, its my name. Its a better name than Trinity.
Me: Well, if you're sure...
Trini: I am, I really am.
January 21, 2014
Trini, with some food in her mouth, points to the napkins. I hand one to her and she spits into it, gently folds it up, and on her way to the trash she's holding the napkin real close to her saying "It's ok, you're on your way home to the trash where you belong, you'll be happier there." On her way back from the trash she says/sighs "Momma, mustard is evil."
January 28, 2014
Trini walks over to me: Momma, do you need a hug and a kiss?
Me: You know I'll never turn those down!
While we're hugging she says "Good, cuz I broke your ruler. I love you."
February 4, 2014
Me: why do you like to go high on the swing?
Trini: cuz going higher is hard cool!
Me: its what?
Trini: hard cool!
Me: I don't know what that is
Trini puts her hand in a fist then extends her pinky and index finger and says "its hard cool"
Me: hardcore?
Trini: YEAH!
February 16, 2014
Trini's in the "What if" about EVERYTHING stage.... Most of the things she comes up with just don't exist, haha. But yesterday....
Trini: "Momma! What if... They made skating AND ballet TOGETHER?!"
Me: That would be pretty cool, huh!
Trini: Yeah
Then this morning, something made me think of figure skating, which reminded me about my conversation with Trini yesterday. So, I brought a video of a woman figure skating up on my computer and let Trini watch it. She just stared at the screen the WHOLE time (I don't think she even blinked) and at the end I asked her if she thought it was cool.
Trini: Its not COOL, Momma, its beautiful. Can I do that?
Me: Well, yeah. But it'll take a lot of practice... And she's dancing on ice, so it'll be cold...
Trini: Momma, can I please be an ice dancing princess in REAL LIFE?!
Me: Yes, IF you're willing to WORK at it.
Trini: I will, Momma, I will I promise!
February 27, 2014
Trini: Momma, whats "tea-ack-her"?
Me: Uhh... Where did you hear it?
Trini holds up her book: I didn't hear it, I was reading.
Me: It says 'teacher'.
Trini: Mommmmmaaaa, c makes 'kuh' remember?
Me: it does but a C next to an H makes ch.
Trini: Are you sure?
Me: yup!
Trini sighs: I have a lot to learn.
March 7, 2014
Trini spotted her presents (wrapped)
Trini, trying to control her excitement: Whats this?
Me: Your birthday presents
Trini: Mine, like for me?
Me: Yup
Trini: Soooo, whats in them?
Me: I don't know, you have to wait til your party to find out
Trini: Are you sure?
Me: Mhm
Trini takes a deep breath: Yeah, I can do that.
March 9, 2014
Some pictures from Trinity's birthday party.
March 14, 2014
She finally found out why she got a random helmet at her birthday party...
March 27, 2014
At the end of Trini's dentist appointment, the hygienist handed her a little goody bag then almost immediately left the room.
Trini: what's this for?
Me: well, because you were so good while she looked at your teeth, she wanted to give you something as a thank you
Trini: that was so sweet of her!
I chuckled, and the hygienist came back in.
Trini: that was so sweet of you to give me this, thank you so much, I appreciate it!
Hygienist looked at me and I smiled shrugged haha
Trini: Momma, guess what you get?
Me: What do I get?
Trini: the best, biggest hug EVER
Me: I do?
Trini: Yup!
While we were hugging, she says "Not everyone gets the best, biggest hugs EVER you know?"
Me: I DO know that, thank you for choosing me to get it!
Trini: Well, you're the best momma, and I'm the best me, so we get the best hug.
April 4, 2014
When we were in the car yesterday, I asked Trini what her favorite song is...
Trini: Jinx!
Me: Jinx? Is that the name of the song?
Trini: I think so...
I look to Ross and he's attempting to contain laughter
Me: Is that what its called?
Ross: Well, I think its actually called "Get Jinxed"
Me: Have I heard it before?
Ross: Yes, its from one of my games.
(That right there should have told me enough, haha)
Me: huh?
Ross: League of Legends.
He reaches down to the CD player and puts the song on. She flips out with giddiness....
Ross: The random clinking and barking makes more sense when you watch the video...
When the song finished...
Me: what do you like about that song?
Trini: I dunno, it makes me dance and she sounds like she's having fun...
*sigh* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nlJuwO0GDs
May 10, 2014
A Mother's Day commercial comes on with the idea to get mom some chocolate dipped strawberries to show her how much you love her...
Trini: Oooh I want that for Mother's Day
Me: But Mother's Day is for mothers.
Trini: Yeah....
Me: Aaand you're not a mother.
Trini: But YOU are MY mother and you're pretty nice so I know you'll share.
May 11, 2014
Me: Thank you for making me a momma.
Trini: uh, what?
Me: Its *all* your fault I'm a momma, so I was saying thank you
Trini: Oh, yeah, I did that. You're welcome.
The picture she made for me for Mother's Day.
