Ever since I was a teenager and assisted with 'Adventure Camp' over summer vacation, I have been in love with 4-year-olds. Never mind that my own descendents tend to have major issues with anger control at this time in their lives. They are delightful nevertheless.
This evening while the other kids were occupied with their various activities, it was just Miss 4-year-old and I together in the van. I find it so much easier to focus on what each of them has to say when it's one-on-one (like, no duh, you might be thinking...).
Anyway, here's an example of one her brilliant little insights:
-We were discussing lemonade. She said, "You know Mom, when I was only three, I used to call Nemilade 'Amilade.' Isn't that so funny?"
-Also, "Mom, I don't fink I want to go to the library. Let's go shopping."
I replied,"what would you like to go shopping for?"
"Oh, you know, clothes and new strollers and fruits and vegetables and a pie for my birthday party and stuff." (Mind you, her birthday is in October.)
-And there was more funny, funny conversation... If only my pregnancy-brain could retrieve the memory...
-Oh, here's one from her next older brother. He's not a big Dora fan, especially the princess version. Of course, Little Miss 4 chose 2 such books for her bedtime reading. Big brother's comment during the scene in which princess Dora and her friends were trying to decide how to enter a castle locked by the bad king (they chose using butterfly wings), "That's so dumb. They should just use claw hooks and a rifle."
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