Thursday, August 13, 2009

A lunchtime conversation...

Elise: "We are going swimming after lunch."

Me: "Yes, that's right, after lunch we are going swimming." (she's at that age where she needs verbal confirmation that you have understood exactly what she is saying...)

Elise: (looks at me in a rather scathing way) "I'm not talking to you, I'm talking to the mouse!"

Me: "The mouse?"

Elise: "Yes, I'm talking to the mouse." Pause. "Mouse, we are going swimming after lunch." (looking very very pleased with herself)

I have no idea which mouse she was referring to, nor do I fully understand why the mouse was interested in our afternoon schedule.

2 comments:

  1. That would be cool if there really was a mouse she was talking too. Then again I hate mice. Love how cute Elise is though.

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  2. I love this! Aren't their imaginations so cool?
    ANd as per your previous post, When you figure out what you're doing right you'll have to update me. I try to tell myself that they're at their worst around me, so I shouldn't worry that their throwing major tantrums at school, but I'm still waiting for the phone call informing me that Alex bit a classmate or something. Anyway, we probably shouldn't be too hard on ourselves. We're all doing our best, right? Do you think I can use that as an excuse at his parole hearing in 20 years?

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