Surf & Turf

After a mini-salami lunch, Daughter walks out of the room and shouts, "Tete!"

Tete says to Mama, "Is she crazy?!"

"Tete!"
...
"Tete!"
...
"Tete!"

Daughter comes back in and says, in exhasperation, "Tete!"

"Daughter, are you crazy? We were just sitting right next to each other, why would you leave the room before asking me something?!"
"Tete, can I have these red and white in the kitchen."
"You want to have the fire extinguisher?"
"No-oh-oh! I gonna show you."

Daughter comes back with a bag of crab (fish) sticks. I tell her "Oh, sure you can. So you like the surf & turf, huh?"
"What's is surf & turf?"
"That's when you eat land meat and sea meat at the same meal. The fish sticks are from fish, and the sausages are from pigs that live on the land."
"YOU MEAN CANDY LAND?!"

Thanks for the birthday present Loky, now every time I use the word "land" that's her response!

Can I be a booze hound? Not till you're fifteen!

Kid: Mama as noriu i miesta su Tavim. (I wanna go to town with you)
Mom: Tevas varo miestop sivak, paklausk jo ar gali kartu (Your father's going to town tonight, ask him if you can go along)
Kid: Tete, can I go to town with you tonight?
I: Nope.
Kid: why not?
I: are you 21 years old yet?
Kid: mmm...(to her mother) i miesta tik suaugusiems?

I guess she didn't want to answer my question until she knew what the consequence would be.

Hukt on foniks wukt fo me!

I thought my daugter was doing really well with her English, until one minute ago. We were playing this game where she asks me something and I pretend I don't understand. It goes like this:

She: Tete, let's play animal yatzi!
Me: What?
She: I say let's play animal yatzi!
Me: I "said"
She: I "said" let's play animal yatzi!
Me: What's manimal rocky?
She: "Animal Yatzi!"
Me: I don't know how to play kugelis lassie.
She: No, I want to play "Animal Yatzi!"
Me: Well I'd like to play too, but I don't know this minimal matzoh ball game.
She: No, say "Eh"
Me: "Eh"
She: "ri"
Me: "ri"
She: "mo"
Me: "mo"
She: "ya"
Me: "ya"
She: "tzi"
Me: "tzi"
She: Yes!
"Ehrimo Yatzi," that's what you've been saying this whole time?!?! I must have a hearing impediment!

We've been playing Ehrimo Yatzi for about a year and a half now, just about daily. It's her Fireball Island.