As we were performing our morning routine on Friday, X picked up her rubber duckie and said, "wasis". (That'd be what's this for those of you with out kids.) I told her "duckie". She repeated, "duckie". I, as a mom, was tickled that she repeated. Since she has been doing that and will be doing that I didn't think much of it.
So I take her to school for half the day. Then I bring her back to the office as I wasn't quite finished with what I was doing when I had to go get her. We are walking down the hall, we pass the door of one of my coworkers. He has an impressive display of wildlife oriented things and part of that display is a pair of duck decoys. She looks in his office as we start to pass his door and she spots them and hollers "duckie". She runs in picks them up by the bill and proceeds to carry them down the hall.
As you can see there is a big difference between these duckies and her rubber duckie at home. I mean the rubber duckie has a pacifier in it's mouth. She still recognized a duck shape and that is what impresses me. Now I will have to help her be able to identify different duck species because . . . 
It obviously inspired these to appear anonymously on my desk this morning. These are 3T but it is never too early to get kids interested in the outdoors. Incidentally, I took a short tour of a gun shop here in town and they have a couple of rifles that are made for children that will fit these pants. I think it is possible to teach children this young about gun safety and how to hunt and shoot. The guns I saw in the store had pink handles and otherwise looked like toys. They were not toys. If I am going to get a gun for my kid, it had better look like a fire arm so there are no mistakes. Also there will not be any toys that are gun shaped in my house. We don't play with guns because guns are serious business. My parents would both be proud, though, if she was an accurate shot by 5.
It obviously inspired these to appear anonymously on my desk this morning. These are 3T but it is never too early to get kids interested in the outdoors. Incidentally, I took a short tour of a gun shop here in town and they have a couple of rifles that are made for children that will fit these pants. I think it is possible to teach children this young about gun safety and how to hunt and shoot. The guns I saw in the store had pink handles and otherwise looked like toys. They were not toys. If I am going to get a gun for my kid, it had better look like a fire arm so there are no mistakes. Also there will not be any toys that are gun shaped in my house. We don't play with guns because guns are serious business. My parents would both be proud, though, if she was an accurate shot by 5.
First, I have followers/commenters because I post slightly more often than you. :) Also, I read a TON of blogs and "follow" none... so you might have a few lurkers as well.
ReplyDeleteSecond, I agree on the guns - it just didn't work that way for us. Blake would bite his sandwich into a gun and use it, so I'm trying to train him carefully about such things. All our toy guns are blatantly toys, and he knows what a non-toy gun looks like (and that he isn't to touch it without permission).
Third, way to go, Xyla on recognizing similarities! She'll constantly surprise you with how smart she is and how much she understands. It kind of sucks though - then you have to hold her accountable for it. :)