Stuff Linnea Does, or "Whoa, WHAT?!"
Feb. 22nd, 2008 09:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ailbheShe gave me an old CBeebies magazine she'd been playing with, and we cut out a Snap game, and I glued the relevant parts (matching backs so no-one can cheat, see?) together and trimmed it all up and handed her the finished cards one pair at a time.
"Oh, Spud!" she cried. "And another Spud! That's for the other twin."
"The what?"
"The other twin."
"What twins are these?"
"The twins you a-going to have."
"Er, I'm not having twins any time soon."
(Disappointed) "Oh." (Cheerier) "Maybe tomorrow you can grow twins!"
[later]
"When you have two bumps on your tummy you will have twins."
I've tried to explain that IF we have another baby we can't make it be twins just to please her. She's not at all convinced. I think I should have tried for the Gift From God or the Stork strategy. But, since recently I had occasion to say "No, Linnea, she's a person, not a toy!" and was met with "She's not a person, she's a BABY," perhaps I'd better stick with facts.
"Oh, Spud!" she cried. "And another Spud! That's for the other twin."
"The what?"
"The other twin."
"What twins are these?"
"The twins you a-going to have."
"Er, I'm not having twins any time soon."
(Disappointed) "Oh." (Cheerier) "Maybe tomorrow you can grow twins!"
[later]
"When you have two bumps on your tummy you will have twins."
I've tried to explain that IF we have another baby we can't make it be twins just to please her. She's not at all convinced. I think I should have tried for the Gift From God or the Stork strategy. But, since recently I had occasion to say "No, Linnea, she's a person, not a toy!" and was met with "She's not a person, she's a BABY," perhaps I'd better stick with facts.