Ukraine Adoption

Tara-isms Part VIII

--If you ask Tara what she wants for Christmas, she will tell you a little blue car, and socks for her mommy, and all kinds of stuff for her daddy and brother. She seems more concerned about what we will get. In this way, she is not so Americanized!

--Her imagination is running wild. She says, "I have to tell you something. A lion can scratch you. A lion scratched my friend." Yesterday it was a dinosaur. I asked her pre-school teacher about her tall tales and she assures me this is normal behavior for her and her friends, as they learn to fantasize. Hey, sometimes it's better than reality! Except for the lion scratching part.

--Her cousin Caroline is "Caloline" and it always sounds like she's singing it.

--If I ask John to do something and he says no, Tara scolds him: "Daddy, don't talk to my Mommy like that." We try to keep a straight face.

--Yesterday at the dinner table, she announced "I look so pretty today." And John said, what about me? She said, "Noooo, you're not pretty, you're a BOY."