I had a funny and surprising conversation with my 7 year old Granddaughter this weekend. I asked her to write out her Christmas Wish List so we could complete our shopping. Off she skipped with pen and paper in hand to work on the list.
About an hour later she returned with a nicely written list containing about 10 items. She announce with an impressive sweep of her hand "You can get me all these things". I think she mistook my look of surprise at her decree as a look of bewilderment, because she launched into a detailed description of each item on the list
She emphasized that she wanted "a lot of this" and "really fast that" and "not the small one, get the large one". She repeated the word "real" several times when describing a phone and a car; not the toy one mind you, the "REAL" one.
Since I retired early, our budget for gifts is much reduced this year. To get her expectations in line with our budget, I told her that we would only be getting one item from her list. I also told her that Grandma and Grandpa would decide what to get based on the items on her "Wish" list.
She thought about that for a minute and then asked for the list back. She scratched everything off the list except for the "real" car, handed it back to me, and skipped off. LOL She's a hand full....but I'm glad she is using her brain to troubleshot a problem. Look out world!
Cheers and Best Wishes!
Lori in Blue Ridge, GA
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That really made me laugh out loud!! You are right...watch out world. Smart. Very smart!!
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