Descriptions

Today Will described something as follows: "One of those tall boxes that when you squeeze it, it has a pointy nose." Yep, that would be a milk carton. (15 August 2013).

Like many kids his age, Will describes his age in quarters. As in, "I'm 4 1/4" or, "I'll be 4 3/4 on August 17th." But I like how he describes the age before you get to be 4 1/4: "My friend at school is younger than I am. She's Plain 4, but I'm 4 1/2." (8 August 2013)

This morning, I mentioned that I lost a favorite pair of green earrings that Will happens to like a lot as well. He shared my disappointment, asking, "Was it like when a bird is looking for a grasshopper and it hops in the grass and the bird can't see it anymore?" (February 27, 2013)

Will farted this evening and said, "That sounded like someone plucking a violin!" (February 12, 2013)

A favorite quantifying phrase Will uses is, "A little bit of a lot," which he employs when he is describing a little bit of something that is in many tiny pieces. For example, if he is cutting out paper snowflakes, there are a zillion teeny tiny pieces of paper everywhere. Once he gathers those pieces into a small pile, there is "a little bit of a lot." One could also say that a teaspoon of sugar granules is "a little bit of a lot."Come to think of it, I don't actually know of a better description! (2012)