When Fleur does something hilarious but don’t want to encourage, it is impossible not to laugh. The best we have is to turn away and silently laugh.
I have seen parents do this forever. I just didn’t realize how often it would be the case.
Listening to “Love is an open door” from the Frozen soundtrack…
[Hans:] Can I say something crazy?
Love is an open door
[Anna:] [giggles]
[Hans:] Will you marry me?
[Anna:] Can I say something even crazier?
[Fleur:] NO!
She throws in the NO louder and just before Anna can say yes. And just laughs so hard at herself it is infectious.
When Fleur breaks something, she probably exclaims, “Humpty Dumpty!” Thankfully, most of the time it is easy to put back together again. So, she uses it wrong. Plus, neither she nor her family are horses or kingsmen.
Also, where did the anthropomorphic egg originate? Maybe because eggs cannot be put back together once you break them. Still, kind of odd. Like the English. Especially if it is true the song really is a pun of identical slang terms for a clumsy drunk and a drink.
Nursery rhymes are dark!
Of course, I am pretty good at fixing some things, for which I get her momentary adoration. For the things I cannot, I get her long last complaint. I guess really that means I need to work on my DIY fixing skills.
Daddy = personal handyman
There is this in invisible boundary around the planets of the Solar System called the Roche Limit. Should a moon fall into it, gravity will break apart the moon. Where that limit resides depends on the gravitational strength of the planet and the make up of the moon. Saturn’s rings comes from doing this to maybe several moons.
I have a friend from college with this surname. Every time this person goes to shred people online for having said something offensive, I think of this. And it makes me smile.
Whenever there is an interesting noise, Fleur looks to someone else and does the shocked expression. Raised eyebrows and narrows the lips. Then she turns that into a smile into a smile when I make the “Whaaaaa?” sound.
She does this to loud trucks, someone opening the door, noises from another room, and (of course, my personal favorite) farts.
The world should probably be terrified that she acquires my sense of humor. Early signs tells me we are going to have a lot of fun.
Polymath Parent 