This afternoon in my livingroom....
Princess: "Mommy, do you want to play Lego with me"
Me: "Sure. What are we building?"
Princess: "An African American" (wtf?)
Me: "um....how do you make an African American?"
Princess: "You have to put all the blocks around in a circle" I start laying blocks down in a curve "NO Mommy. The ends have to be together."
Me: "Ok, but then you can't make a circle"
Princess: "Oh. That's okay. We'll make a SQUARE African American"
Me: "Princess? You know that an African American is a person, right? It means someone of African descent. Someone whose grandparents came from Africa. Somebody who has dark brown skin instead of light pink like ours.
Princess: "FINE Mommy. But this is the OTHER kind of African American."
she glares at me in silent challenge
Me: "So we just line all the blocks up in a square?"
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Whaaa? This is too funny.
That was too hilarious!
That's too funny. Seems she found a new word she likes. ;)
Oh. My. Goodness. How adorable is she??
I remember once walking into daycare to pick up my eldest, carrying my youngest son on my arm. I was approached by a little Chinese boy whom I'd talked to several times previously. He suddenly really LOOKED at me, and then said, with absolute disdain: "How come all three of you have YELLOW hair?"
I could only apologize.
I love the way the kids hear things, see things and just make them their own. So innocent, honest and without judgment. Beautiful.
Heidi
When the first post I read upon visiting a new blog makes me actually laugh out loud? Guess I'll be back. :) Thanks for making my morning!
Ha ha. Kids pick up on the oddest things don't they?
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