We're having a war in my house. A contest of wills.
It's ridiculous and probably stems from years of being invisible, but the daughter and I are butting heads.
My favourite color is purple. Purple as in Purple People Eater, The Color Purple, Purple Rain. Purple as in:
- "Roses are red, violets are purple
- Sugar is sweet and so is maple surple"
It may have been confusing to some because over the years I have changed my fav. a few times. Having a favourite colour doesn't mean my house is decorated in it and I may not even look good in it (I do), so maybe that would have someone doubt my sincerity.
But my bull-headed daughter has discovered Nanny (the grandmother she adopted here as a baby) has a favourite colour. Purple.
And so, every crayon, every sunset, every flower I hear a joyful shout, "Look! Purple! That's Nanny's favourite colour!"
One day I was dumb enough to say, "That's Mommy's favourite too".
She was having none of it and continued to last-word argue with me because apparently only one person can have purple.
She informed me that my colour is green (as in "with jealousy"? What is she trying to say?). Let's try it your way Miss Ky:
- Roses are red, violets are GREEN
- Sugar is sweet and so is MY SPLEEN
Yeah. Doesn't have the same catchy feel to it, does it?
The Hubby has learned some things over the years. He's especially trying to make up for blowing off Mothering Sunday a couple of weeks ago. This morning as I tried to catch up on some favourite (but not purple) blogs, I hear from the kitchen, Miss Ky declare, "Purple marker! Nanny's favourite."
Sexy Guy's deep, Daddy voice says, "Yes it is. You know purple is Mommy's favourite colour too."
"Noooo, it's Nanny's."
Good luck Hubby. Welcome to my invisible, colourless world.
Well that sucks!! Miss Ky has tunnel vision I dare say. LOL!!
ReplyDeleteGood luck!
Hugs
SueAnn
PS I see you!!!!
Laughing out loud here. For once... :)
ReplyDeleteShe just won't let you, it would seem... Kids can be really stubborn, right? It is so sweet of your Hubby to try to help, though... :)
My favorit color actually is green. :) I hardly ever wear green though, and my home is not decorated with a lot of green either. To me it is just such a friendly color. I did enjoy your "Green"-poem a lot. :)
Hugs/ Jo.
Well, it made me chuckle. What are you going to do? She's going to make you beat your head against the wall for more than this, me thinks. :)
ReplyDelete*huge laugh*
ReplyDeleteHey I think your 'green' version of the poem was really cool!
*huge laugh*
One person, one colour?! I don't think so Miss Ky. Speaking as a purple lover, I can't be giving that up to some unknown Nanny half a world away. Give your poor Mommy her purple back, do you hear me young lady?
ReplyDeleteHA HA HA HA!
ReplyDeleteOh my, that made me laugh. I guess sharing colors is out of the question?
My favorite is yellow. I'd be happy to share it with you if Miss Ky won't let you have your purple back.
Roses are red, violets are YELLOW.
Sugar is sweet, and so is MY FELLOW.
Sweet of your fellow to come to your defense, by the way. HA HA HA HA! :D
Hope you enjoy your day and it is filled up with purple. (Well good purple that is. Don't want to wish any purple bruises on you! HA!)
Love the sunset picture. WOW!!
So sorry that your favorite color has already been claimed by Nanny! I say keep loving purple on the sly until your daughter forgets you can't like it too.
ReplyDeleteNanny is going to be a long-term problem. It would be best to choose a new color, invisible Mom.
ReplyDeleteHa, this girl will go far! There is just no arguing with a kid's logic. How about orange? Surely no-one's taken that colour yet??
ReplyDeleteWhy am I not the least bit surprised?
ReplyDeleteI wish I had known that "surple" was allowed. It might have just changed my life in elementary school.
ReplyDeleteYou are brilliant and VISIBLE. hang in there.
Just be white, it can be purple if it wants to.
I am sure that there are times when it is very useful to be invisible!
ReplyDeleteSo the Hubby can make it up by bringing home purple things just for mommy. :)
ReplyDeleteYou need another word for purple! Like indigo or deep violet...or plum...or my favorite: african amethyst. Because you know, Nanny's wishes are more important then yours! LOL!!
ReplyDeleteMmmmmmmm. Surple. Quite possibly my new favorite word.
ReplyDeleteEvie changes my "favorite" color regularly. It's hard for me to keep up. I don't think it's been purple recently though.
it must be a toddler trait. MQ was the same way, and she asked EVERYONE what their favorite color was. but if it was already "taken" she would assign you a new one.
ReplyDeleteHahaha! This made me laugh.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many times I want to get into a "Yes! No! Yes! No!" war with the kids, but then I decide against it when I remember I just don't have the energy. Ugh.
AND... Holy sunset, Batman! WOW!!!!
ReplyDeleteOh that Traitor! I love the "Green" poem..."..and so is my spleen." Very well written! :)
ReplyDeleteI hate to side with the stubborn little girl, but it's totally your fault. If you'd have decorated your entire house in purple from top to bottom she would have no doubt that purple belonged to Mommy.
ReplyDeleteIf you want to reclaim purple you could try making her eat Eggplant, or perhaps Beets. Now, people will say "Beet Red" but many beets seem to be quite purple :-)
ReplyDeleteBy the way, one thing I thought was neat? Purple and green are frequently featured together on family crests. At least you have been assigned a complementary color.
Oh the subject of towels, one of the nicest things about moving to a larger house is that my husband and I have separate bathrooms. I don't even have to clean his.
It's rather blissful.
I love your sense of humor, by the way. I know it's a necessity when raising children, but it's obvious that yours is easily at the ready.
Too funny.. just go violet, mauve, or iris...
ReplyDeleteSilly little girl!!! I also like the green version of the song. Kind of cracked me up.
ReplyDeleteKids are sooo funny!! My friend has an addiction with purple... she calls her house the purple palace. She is strange ;0)
ReplyDeleteI always think it best to chose your arguments with little girls! Funny poem!! :)diump
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