Sunday, July 31, 2011

The Wall of Jericho a.k.a. Pobby

So Mati and I were reading in her little story Bible about Joshua and the wall of Jericho tonight. Her Bible has cute pictures in it, and Mati is very interactive as we read. Of course, she's not quite 2, so I really have to make things pretty exciting as we read to keep her attention. And I also have to expect several interruptions and distractions during the story as well. She likes to point at the pictures and say the names of the things she recognizes. For instance, the picture in the story tonight has a cow in the corner (see picture below).
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?

2 comments:

  1. ha ha, potty for sure! Good job Mati, what do adults know anyway? She's got a good imagination Anna.

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