Further Preschooler Insights
It's Friday, around 6 pm, and Cassie and I are at the (excellent) local produce market / deli / bakery doing some grocery shopping, because it's the only time I could figure out to fit it in. I have a 12-hour shift the next day and am feeling tired and stressed. Apparently I'm not the only one.
Cassie, after we've been there about 20 minutes: There are a lot of people here having bad days.
Later that evening, Cassie has just started supper.
Cassie: I'm getting less cuter.
Mama (had not noticed): You are?
Cassie: Yes. Big kids and grown-ups are not cute.
And she has a point.
Minutes later, Cassie is pretending that the chicken nuggets on her plate are cars, and the dollop of ketchup is the red light at which they're all lined up.
Mama (incredulous): You're eating cars?
Cassie (agreeing): Eating cars would be yucky.
Mama: Yeah, well, yucky and hard to do.
Cassie: Yucky and hard to do and a choking hazard.
Cassie, after we've been there about 20 minutes: There are a lot of people here having bad days.
Later that evening, Cassie has just started supper.
Cassie: I'm getting less cuter.
Mama (had not noticed): You are?
Cassie: Yes. Big kids and grown-ups are not cute.
And she has a point.
Minutes later, Cassie is pretending that the chicken nuggets on her plate are cars, and the dollop of ketchup is the red light at which they're all lined up.
Mama (incredulous): You're eating cars?
Cassie (agreeing): Eating cars would be yucky.
Mama: Yeah, well, yucky and hard to do.
Cassie: Yucky and hard to do and a choking hazard.
posted by Rosie Bonner at 8:33 AM
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