Last night, after being pulled from her warm bed and taken to the basement, Liv asks, “Is there a tormado outside?” She was listening to the radio along with us and seemed to accept that no tornados were outside our house, that they were closer to WalMart (a landmark she knows!). There was something about her sweet face turned up toward mine, asking about “tormados,” that made me want to protect her forever and ever.
While driving through Runza’s drive-thru window, Livia blurts, “Mom, you FREAKED me out!” After a few minutes of probing I find that the confusion between me and the cashier over “one chocolate in a cup, one chocolate cone and one swirl cone” about put Liv over the edge. What would this world have come to if my girl didn’t get her chocolate cone as ordered? (I’ll admit, the lack of chocolate sometimes freaks me out, too.)
Not once, but twice yesterday Livia asked loudly, “Who’s Frank?” It was the oddest question, completely unrelated to our previous conversation as far as I could tell. Can anyone tell me, “WHO’S FRANK?”
7 Comments
Papa Jun 5, 2008 2:05 PM
Sorry Buck. Can’t help you with that “Frank” one, but I sure enjoyed the others. Probably some around me wondered why I LOL.
Andy Jun 5, 2008 8:27 PM
Alas I can be of no help either. :-)
Jeremy Jun 5, 2008 9:03 PM
As it turns out, the Frank Liv’s been talking about is the frill-necked lizard (voiced by Wayne Robson) who is captured by McLeach in the Rescuers Down Under. I bet you’re all excited to discover that one. ;-)
Moriah (Please Pass the Salt) Jun 5, 2008 11:14 PM
Has she seen Disney/Pixar “Cars”?
There’s a scene where they are ‘tractor-tipping’ and Lightening McQueen asks Mater, “who’s Frank?”
Adam Jun 6, 2008 8:10 AM
Hopefully, she doesn’t mean Frank the rabbit from Donnie Darko. That would be a little disturbing…
…is she the only one who can see Frank? Has she experienced any temporal irregularities?
A disambiguation of Frank: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank
Rebecca Jun 6, 2008 12:19 PM
LOL! While she can see many creatures I cannot, Jeremy’s right. The Frank mystery has been solved.
Kerri Jun 8, 2008 2:22 PM
And I was going to say, “Sinatra, of course!”