I was watching Niall today.  A couple of cute stories:

We were talking, and to say a silly word, I said “Aardvark”.  He didn’t know what an aardvark is, which is reasonable.  I asked him, and he came up with a creative answer.  He held up a yellow rain boot, and explained that an aardvark is a kind of shoe, and described some of its characteristics.  I told him it was an animal and asked him if he’d like to see a picture.  He did, and he thought it was cool.

I asked him to guess what it ate.  I forget his guess, but I told him that it mostly ate ants and termites.  Our exchange follows:

N:  Can I eat ants and termites?

J:  Well, they’re really not the best food for little boys.

N:  Why?

J:  Well, some people do eat ants.  Sometimes they cover them in chocolate.  It’s just that they’re better food for aardvarks.

N:  Can I have chocoloate-covered ants?

J:  Maybe.

N:  Can I have chocolate-covered ants today?

J:  That may be beyond my powers of procurement.

N:  How about a chocolate-covered cookie?

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Then, we were playing:

N:  Can you put you on your shoulders?

J:  Can I put me on my shoulders?

N:  No.  Can you put me on my shoulders.

J:  Can I put you on your shoulders?

N:  No!  Can you put me on your shoulders?

J:  Yes.

Pronouns are hard.

Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:10:39 +0000
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