Monday, August 13, 2012

Annie Part II

Another Annie-ism...
Today Annie, Claire and I went to Walmart. On our way, we talked about stop lights.  The pattern is green, yellow, red.  We talked about when to stop vs. when to go.  It occupied our whole trip.  Annie was very interested.
On our way home it started to rain on us.  We passed through a yellow light and I told Annie how we went because we wouldn't have time to stop.  Annie says, "Aaah, Mom we're talking about that again?"
     I said, "We don't have to talk about that.  Do you think it's raining in PV like it is here? It looks pretty blue over our house."  
So Annie says, "Do we have to talk about the rain?  What if we don't talk about anything at all?"
OK then, sheesh!  Man, she put me in my place.  I need to come up with more entertaining material.
Then she tells me we can talk as long as it's not boring.
After a bit of silence Annie then asks, "Is caffeine good for you?"  No I answered.  "Is rain good for you?"  Yes I answered, but thinking how interesting it is that we can talk about the rain if it's on her terms, but on my terms, it's boring.
Then she went on to tell me how rain is good for everyone even her dollies.
Is that a glimpse into life 10 years from now?

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