The Three Year Old Caminal.
- July 3rd, 2008 12:21 pm
Have you been introduced to Gary? Gary is my daughter’s female baby doll. And apparently, a cannibal.
Due to Gary being a female and having a boy name, we try to be sensitive to her needs. She’s a water baby, so she is filled with water (repetitive, I know, but some people might not know what a water baby is). One time in the winter I left her in the car overnight, and woke up to find that she was a giant block of ice. Needless to say, Gary and I do not exactly get along. But I try to be the best grandmother to her that I can possibly be.
This morning, I noticed that Allie was drumming on a magazine with what appeared to be tiny drumsticks. I was a bit puzzled, because we don’t have any tiny drumsticks. So I knew they had been invented from some other product in our house. Upon further investigation, they were the legs of a Barbie doll. She had ripped them off so it would be easier for ‘the Barbie to spin on her butt’. The legs were apparently getting in the way before. Who needs a Barbie doll with legs anyway?
After she finished drumming and spinning the now legless barbie around on her butt, I suppose she needed a new purpose for the legs. After all, you can’t just have purposeless Barbie doll legs laying around.
‘Mom’ she said, ‘Gary is going to eat this Barbie’s legs.’
And I wish I could say this surprised me, but nothing Allie comes up with surprises me. So I just went along with it, because I knew it going somewhere golden.
‘Oh, really?’ I said, ‘Why is she going to eat Barbie legs?’
‘Because Gary is a caminal.’
‘A caminal. What’s a caminal?’
‘It means she eats peoples legs.’
*insert lightbulb*
‘A cannibal, you mean?’
‘Yep,’ she said,’ a caminal. That’s a person that eats other people.’
Kids.
This would also be a good place to mention that over the past few weeks we, and by we I mean me, have developed an obsession with the tiny animals that grow in water. The kind that you buy in the store, place in your sink or a bowl, and they grow magically. I, I mean we, love those things. Right now, I have a stingray growing in the sink of our main bathroom. I monitor it’s growth daily, and I only wish I was kidding.
Truthfully, I fear that I am getting a mild case of heat induced cabin fever.
July 3rd, 2008 @ 12:36 pm
I have to say, I’m pretty darned impressed that your three year old even knows what a cannibal IS. That’s a heck of a vocabulary she’s got there!!!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Seriously – where does she come up with these crazy things??
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 12:45 pm
Wow…where did she learn what a cannibal was? It’s kinda funny in a weird way.
Ok next question…where do you get those tiny animals that grow in water? Sounds like something that might keep the Little Imp interested. Well, I hope anyhow.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 12:57 pm
We had some of those last summer, those animals that grow-snakes. Three of them. And the boys put them in the kiddie pool. One grew to a whopping 3 feet long; the others about a foot. but all three got really slimy and the boys traumatized their sister with them for days. Yeah, good times. And hey, I think it is awesome that she knows already what a cannibal is; that way, should she ever confront one on the pre-school sandlot, she will have a great defense by knowing what it means. Always a plus! However, I will say that I fins Gary rather disturbing; the eyes are slightly too realistic and knowing for me. She looks shifty.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
It’s not too early to hire a shrink! ha! No really, I think every home should have a transgender doll that is a canimal!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
I have a lobster growing in a salad bowl on my kitchen island right now. It was preceeded by a large ugly fish. I hate those things. they take up room and kids can’t really play with them. But my son loves them. Gah.
Gary kind of creeps me out.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
Just what has she been watching on late night t.v.?
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
I was wondering where you were going with this. The thing I like is that kids always deliver those lines with a perfectly straight face. Like they don’t know.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 1:51 pm
How funny – I now feel better that my 3yo knows what an amputation is and has used the term in conversation.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 1:57 pm
This sounds like Cleek’s doing.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 2:04 pm
OMG I am laughing so hard!
Of course removing her legs makes it easier for Barbie to spin on her butt. That is awesome.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 2:11 pm
I wanna grow stuff in my sink. Does it count if mold is already there?
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 2:22 pm
So much like others, I have to wonder how she knows about caminals.
Yeah, and I also think that you should sleep with one eye open being that Gary is caminal and all !
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 2:26 pm
I, too, am impressed with her knowledge about cannibals! i just asked my 3 year old if he knew what a cannibal was, he told me “A camel has two humps!”
Another lesson for another time
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 2:43 pm
I’m impressed at your daughter’s knowledge! Do you just keep Silence of the Lambs playing on loop?
(I really hope you know I’m kidding and not being mean.)
VERY funny story…stumbling it now…
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 3:09 pm
OK, Gary is a little creepy!!! My girls had water dolls too, and the drove me nuts so they ran away from home!!
Love that she knows what a cannibal is at 3!!! Maybe Gary is the next Hanibal Lecter!!!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 3:13 pm
SNORT! My son calls a camel a caminal.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 3:29 pm
Oh, MY. A cannibal? She knew what it was? Was she watching the Discovery Channel?
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 4:07 pm
How funny ! My youngest daughter had a beloved water baby too, and with two girls in the house I had about 12 legless barbies in my house at all times,I’m sure most never got their proper limbs back!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 4:48 pm
OK….I snorted out loud – OUT LOUD I tell you…too funny and I can just see that coming from this sweet, innocent looking gal!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 5:19 pm
That was the funniest thing I’ve read in awhile. I laughed so hard I think some coffee came out my nose.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 6:07 pm
Watch out for that caminal. They are almost as scary as hair-er-ists.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 6:52 pm
OMG this is hilariously cute! I wish I had a little red headed 3 yr old to entertain me. I think I’d name her Gary!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:08 pm
Barbies are just so easy to do mean things do. And no matter what you do to them? They just keep on smiling. SO it’s all good.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:11 pm
Okay Sassy… Have you been forcing her to watch the Nat Geo Station 27-7?
Or reading excerpts from textbooks that describe the Donner Party’s, dinner party? (I know… I’m sick and admitting it makes me feel normal!)
Jackie
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:13 pm
I’m killing myself laughing…
27-7!!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:16 pm
“For the Barbie to spin on her butt.” Lady, you are raising one high-class little disco dancer. I applaud you! With tiny little golf claps so as not to interupt nap or bed time.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 7:55 pm
Can I kidnap your daughter? She makes me laugh so dang hard……
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 8:05 pm
Gary is kind of creepy… reminds me of chucky from that movie…now, what was that called?
Anyhoo, I hope that he/she didn’t get indollgestion from all the leg eating.
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 8:19 pm
Dollars to donuts, that kid grows up with a wicked sense of humor and/or working in news. I love the deadpanedness in her delivery. OF COURSE Gary is going to eat the Barbie’s legs.
Also, why in the hell would a doll need to be filled with water, should I know this? Is that a dumb question? It seems like it would be such a mess!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 8:26 pm
Omg, that’s hilarious! I love that she took off Barbie’s legs so barbie could spin…and that she was feeding the legs to a water baby (wtf is that?) named GARY? You’ve got one creative child…
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
and what do you feed said stingray?
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 9:02 pm
Confession: I used to flush parts of my Barbies down the commode. *hangs head in shame*
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 9:13 pm
Gary is going to haunt me in my dreams, I can feel it.
Also? The tiny things that grow? Love them! We have a little princess that grows – the only bad thing is that weird, radioactive slime they develop. Ew!
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July 3rd, 2008 @ 9:25 pm
That’s more than my girls ever did with barbies. They just threw ‘em in a box.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 4:42 am
Gary, Chuckie, Potat-OH, Po-TAH-to.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 6:34 am
Wow. I was goig to ref. Chuckie too, but Mommypie beat me. I would watch my back with Gary if I was you, lol. She is precious.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 7:04 am
As a few others have said–I’m impressed that she knew what a cannibal was (disturbed a little, maybe too? lol) I laughed b/c I could see one of my kids saying something like that and me looking around and being all, “what did you just say?” Happens all the time.
BTW–I love that her female baby is named Gary. LOVE IT!
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July 4th, 2008 @ 9:24 am
Your 3-year-old is a genius! Even my 4-year-old doesn’t know what a cannibal is! Even though it was pronounced wrongly….
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July 4th, 2008 @ 12:53 pm
That’s awesome!
Besides, half the fun of Barbie was pulling her legs off.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 2:27 pm
Spin on her butt?! That is priceless. Might even trump making the Transgender Gary a ‘canimal’!
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July 4th, 2008 @ 7:04 pm
Good lands! Your daughter is rather, um, brutal. Ripping off legs, feeding them to other dolls – its frightening.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 8:06 pm
Hahahaha, I love your daughter, you must laugh your ass off constantly.
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July 4th, 2008 @ 9:44 pm
LMAO!! Oh God she’s so friggin’ cute!
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July 4th, 2008 @ 11:41 pm
Totally freakin awesome.
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July 5th, 2008 @ 1:52 am
Too had a baby doll named George.
He was armless. Wonder if the caminals got him and his penis?
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July 5th, 2008 @ 3:37 am
That’s hilarious! I’m wondering where she got the word as well. Are cannibals frequently discussed at your place? Is this a new craze I’m not aware of?
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July 5th, 2008 @ 10:11 am
it makes you wonder where in the world she came up with it? lol. I love the crazy things that pop out of kids mouths
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July 5th, 2008 @ 10:35 am
She’s a mighty smart girl. I love Gary, I love the legless Barbie, and I love those things that grow in the sink.
Feeling all warm and cozy now!
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July 5th, 2008 @ 11:04 am
I fear that I may have nightmares about Gary!
I love how smart she is!!
I used to take the heads off my barbies rather than change their clothes…it was just easier…until their faces split up the middle.
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July 5th, 2008 @ 11:44 am
Kids have elephant ears. They hear everything. Cracks me up!! And as far as the growing animals, we have those too. They are in every one of my awesome company bowls (you know the ONLY ones that are big enough to hold a bag of chips or salad).
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July 5th, 2008 @ 11:52 am
Thanks for coming by my blog! It’s a good thing we don’t have to be toooooo concerned about what three year olds think.
where did she learn about caminals? Already?
We used to pop off the Barbies heads and cut off their hair, but I never thought about feeding them to anything. Aren’t you glad Gary is only full of water?
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July 5th, 2008 @ 12:29 pm
You’ve got to admit that she’s creative. (And btw, Google Reader is inserting gratuitous question marks into your text. Very odd.)
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July 7th, 2008 @ 10:49 am
I dont know i found your blog, but i love it! i read back through some of your post and was laughing my ass off at work. i think everyone thought i was crazy!
as for my barbie dolls they were legless too, but not by me. my little brothers would steal them and blow them up with m-80’s
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July 8th, 2008 @ 10:59 pm
Gary not a girl’s name? Okay, I’ll give you that.
But have you ever heard of a boy named Joy? They exist, believe it or not.
My husband used to be a telemarketer and was calling for a “Joy” and the guy’s mom answered the phone. After the mom said that Joy wasn’t available, my husband asked, “When do you expect her home?”
The mom was so offended that my husband would dare think that Joy was a girls name! Even after explaining that not only did he have an aunt named Joy, but he was also married to a Joy–a FEMALE Joy–she still insisted that Joy was, and always will be exclusively a boy name.
Go figure.
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July 10th, 2008 @ 10:18 am
OMG! Where did she learn about cannibals? She’s sooooo funny! My daughter has and will continue to come up with crazy sh!t, but seriously, where’d you find this kid? She’s awesome!
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July 16th, 2008 @ 2:14 am
LOL So funny! She is priceless. What a brain to know what a cannibal is and what an imagination to have her boy named girl doll be a cannibal. She’s brilliant
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