On a typical story night, she would point to the cow and proudly announce "cow." Generally she will repeat herself, "Cow...cow...cow...cow..." until I acknowledged that aforementioned picture is indeed a cow and she is right.
Tonight, however, she completely ignored the cow and instead pointed to the tunnel in the wall and announced "Pobby".
I corrected her and said "That's the wall of Jericho." She looked at me and repeated "Pobby." Now she had a pacifier in her mouth, so the word was a bit garbled and I thought perhaps I just didn't understand what she was saying. I took the pacifier out and clarified again: "That's a tunnel in the wall." Once again, she looked at me (her expression and tone of voice were becoming patronizing at this point) and repeated "Pobby." I really don't know why I thought it a worthwhile activity to try to argue with a 2 year old, but I attempted once more to try to correct her: "No Mati, that's not a potty...that's a tunnel! See? It's a tunnel in the wall of Jericho." By this time, I could kinda see what she was talking about, so as she once again looked at me like I was crazy (I'm pretty sure she nearly rolled her eyes at me this time) and repeated her insistence that it was indeed an image of a toilet bowl, I decided to let it go. And if nothing else, I had a good laugh before tucking her in. What do you think? Tunnel or potty?
Definitely a pobby.
ReplyDeleteha ha, potty for sure! Good job Mati, what do adults know anyway? She's got a good imagination Anna.
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