Comments on: Cat Ovals

By: SurprisedMom

SurprisedMom — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:51:53 +0000

Michael is unique. That’s all there is to it. And you must be unique, too, for figuring out what he meant.

(MD) I hope “unique” is a good thing. There’s definitely a lot of uniqueness here, that’s for sure.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:33:47 +0000

@Mom -- It's the picture on the package. The tilt of the cookie makes it look oval. Plus the fact that we'd called them "Oreo", which sounds somewhat like "Oval" (a word he already knows) sews it up for me. La vous allez.

@Grandma K -- He was asking about his natures probably two years ago. He went through a period where he demanded to know where his "natures" were, and none of us had a clue what he was talking about. not a clue.

@Seashore -- I think it's because they're black and "fuzzy" like our cat.

@Otter -- he probably is eating the cat food. and he probably likes it better than Oreos.

@Scott -- we have not graduated to proper Oreo technique yet. I'll probably enroll him in Oreos 101 next year.

@Liz -- he's gotten better about being descriptive, that's for sure.

By: Eternal Lizdom

Eternal Lizdom — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:07:53 +0000

Wow… Good thing you got him to describe them because I never would have figured out cat ovals!!

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:38:32 +0000

kids do really do say the darnedest things. The real question is, does he eat the frosting first?

By: Otter Thomas

Otter Thomas — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:28:15 +0000

I thought maybe he had been eating the cat food. Oreos are much better.

By: seashore subjects

seashore subjects — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 23:09:48 +0000

I get the oval part – but the cat part has me stumped!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:39:21 +0000

Michael identifies things (and people) by a visual description of what he sees. His favorite blanket he calls blue; instead of Great Grandma M it is that old lady who lives over there (and he points). Your cat is black and oval and oreo sound similar. When does he ask for natures?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:39:01 +0000

The thing is, Michael has known his shapes for years now so why would he refer to something round as being as oval?
Therein lies the mystery to this gramma.
Also how does cat figure in?
Expliquez-moi, s'il vous plait.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:59:12 +0000

@WeaselMomma — he comes up with some real doozies. In this case I had the advantage of some context; his sisters had recently plundered the bag of them.

By: WeaselMomma

WeaselMomma — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:06:27 +0000

Kid-speak is always funny. I still can't make the connection from cat ovals though.