"Ms. Barbra! Ms. Barbra! Hey!"
"Goodness gravy is everything alright? What's the fuss?"
"Oh, yeah...okay, I'd talking to you wit my inside voice now, okay?"
"I appreciate that, Andrea. Now what would you like to tell me?"
"I can tie-d my show now, lookie here."
"That's wonderful, Andrea. You know, you showed me and everyone else that you could do it yesterday, remember?"
"Yeah, uh-huh. But that was back-ed then. When I was a little kid."
I've been known to talk about something that happened a few weeks ago by starting out with these words: "Do you remember, back in the olden days, when we...."
ReplyDeleteFor young children, a month is a LONG, LONG time.
Ha! True. I noticed once kids have mastered a skill they will refer to themselves a "back when I was a kid."
ReplyDeleteDoing things well= adult
Hmmmm. Maybe it's a compliment. Anyway, I try not to let them down.