I'll Forget About The Dog Food If She Forgets About All Of The Other Stuff.
"We need to stop and buy dog food," I informed the short person in the back seat.
"I had dog food for snack today at school," Alexis replied.
After I shook off the initial confusion, I asked her to elaborate. A few minutes later, it was clear as mud that she was talking about a variation of Puppy Chow. THANK GOODNESS.
"So, you didn't eat REAL dog food, right?" I said, just to make sure we were on the same page.
"No, silly!" she replied in an exasperated tone. Because, you know, I'm a dork for even considering that she meant her words literally.
"You know, you used to eat real dog food when you were little," I told her. Treat me like I'm a dork, and I'll drudge up one of your finer moments. It's almost a guarantee.
"When I was a baby?" she asked. Alexis is pretty much obsessed with thoughts of herself as a baby. She could sit and stare at her baby photos for days on end, and would spend every second talking and talking and talking and talking about herself.
"Yes, when you were a baby you used to steal Meg and Cody's food and eat it," I told her.
"You used to yell at me to stop but I didn't listen," she continued the story for me. Her statement was 100% accurate. She paused before adding, "But, it was Jasmine's food, not Cody's!"
Jasmine was our pup before Cody. She died unexpectedly two years ago. Alexis still talks about her on a nearly weekly basis. (Those conversations are just as "fun" as they sound.)
Alexis continued on to provide even more details about her dog food eating ways. She described the dark red bowl that was retired two years ago. She explained the odd C-shape of the food, which we stopped buying easily a year ago. She went on and on to provide details that made it really quite obvious she truly remembers something that happened in 2007. When she was one-year old.
I'm going to have to hope that's the only thing she still remembers from way back then. Otherwise, OMG. WE ARE SO SCREWED.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Reader Comments (12)
LOL. Well, I remember a nightmare I had when I was about eighteen months old...so I have to say it doesn't surprise me. That's a smart cookie you've got there...I'd be terrified if I was you...
Wait, I got two of those smart cookies on my hands.
Damn. We're in trouble, aren't we?
Wow! That's amazing. I've read that kids usually only start to remember things once they have the language to talk about it, but clearly she does remember it. Ollie remembers the car we had right before Caroline was born so he would have been about 2.5, but that's his earliest memory that I know of.
Clearly your child is a genius. And you are in for a sh*tload of trouble!! LOL!
ask her what else she remembers from that time. wait...i'm on my way over with a video camera!
I heard this somewhere, "Everyone has a photographic memory. Some just don't have film".
Sounds like your daughter has a digital video recorder. WOW! I just hope my daughters don't repeat some of the stuff that I have said or still say, Shit who am I kidding, they will remember everything I do not want them to because that is Murphy's Law. So consider this, since she has such a great memory, all your hard work will not go unremembered so that is a huge plus.
I know! Isn't that crazy! My boys are always bringing up things that happened years and YEARS ago. It blows my mind. Kinda scary, isn't it? ;)
I am the person in my family with the freakish memory. I remember being in my carseat - and that was back in pre-historic days before boosters or any of the like were mandatory. Now that I've been crowned Ruler Supreme and Official Keeper of All Family Memories? I like to make shit up just to mess with their heads. Goodtimes. :)
That is pretty impressive!
hee hee! I don't remember anything before I was 6. But Alexis is pretty smart. ;)
Maybe not screwed. I think we forgive tons as we become adults and parents ourselves. Let's just hope your little mugwump will forgive and forget.
That is truly mind boggling. How?!
Dog food. Hmmm. Never tried it. Must be better than I thought. At that age I couldn't get my kids to eat anything good for them. Should have tried to the dog food angle :-) Hilarious story. Kids are certainly a non-stop adventure.
again, with the awesomeness of your child.
Also, you are so screwed!