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3catwoman3

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30. This is a favorite memory from when our younger son was about 3.
Sun Dec 29, 2024, 11:33 PM
Dec 2024

He came home from daycare with a picture made by putting paint on one half of a piece of paper and then folding it in half to make a mirror image. It was a big red blob with a little green smudge on top.

Forgetting that you are never supposed to ask a child what they’ve drawn or painted, but rather say, “Tell me about your picture, I said, “Taylor, what’s that a picture of?” I fully expected him to say it was an apple, because tat’s what it looked like to me. 🍎

In a wonderful example of the concrete thinking of young children, he replied, “It’s a picture of paint.”

I still have that “picture of paint.” The artist is now 32. I can’t bear to throw it away.

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My daughter once asked me to do something genxlib Dec 2024 #1
Thank you very much , genxlib. debm55 Dec 2024 #2
Twenty years ago my niece was 6 years old when she stayed at my house overnight. I had recently become a vegetarian. Nanuke Dec 2024 #3
Oh my.Thank you Nanuke. That is very funny. debm55 Dec 2024 #4
Here's one Cirsium Dec 2024 #5
Very sweet. Thank you Cirsium. debm55 Dec 2024 #7
My sister was driving by a hospital that had a helicopter applegrove Dec 2024 #6
That is so sweet. thank you applegrove. debm55 Dec 2024 #8
My brilliant patient. Lunabell Dec 2024 #9
Oh thank you for sharing. Lunabell. debm55 Dec 2024 #11
Hi, Deb, I don't know if this is the funniest. . . Stargleamer Dec 2024 #10
Thank you very much . Out of the mouth of babes--I laughed at all of them TY for posting. debm55 Dec 2024 #12
Perhaps not funny, but certainly profound... ultralite001 Dec 2024 #13
thank you very much ultralite001. That makes so much sense. Relax and enjoy life. She is very wise. Merry Christmas debm55 Dec 2024 #15
Love this XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #27
Sometimes a serious word. keithbvadu2 Dec 2024 #14
HAHAH. Kids pick up things very quickly. They don't what they mean, so for them it's something new they have learned. debm55 Dec 2024 #16
Yeah! They recognize that this new word gets some attention. keithbvadu2 Dec 2024 #17
Very true. debm55 Dec 2024 #18
I have a somewhat similar story. OldBaldy1701E Dec 2024 #19
Thank you OldBaldy1701E boy you had you hands full with those two. I like your reaction to the situation debm55 Dec 2024 #20
my uncle's young son loved the word kerfuffle when i said it. pansypoo53219 Dec 2024 #21
Thank you very much pansypoo53219 That's funny debm55 Dec 2024 #24
eons ago when on the way into disney(barf), mom + aunt asked my younger brother to name the 7 drawfs. pansypoo53219 Dec 2024 #22
Thank you very much pansypoo53219 debm55 Dec 2024 #25
A home my parents owned had a large sliding glass door... A HERETIC I AM Dec 2024 #23
Thank you A HERETIC I AM---very sweet. debm55 Dec 2024 #26
Me to my three year-old grandson: Aristus Dec 2024 #28
HAHAHHAHAHAHHA/ Thank you Aristus. That is funny. debm55 Dec 2024 #29
This is a favorite memory from when our younger son was about 3. 3catwoman3 Dec 2024 #30
Thank you very much, 3catwoman3. How wonderful of your son. It's so nice that you kept it. debm55 Dec 2024 #33
Years ago when my husband was using the table saw our grandson said wow grandpa you are making lots of wood crumbs. TommieMommy Dec 2024 #31
So sweet. Thank you for sharing your post with us. debm55 Dec 2024 #34
My daighter DeepWinter Dec 2024 #32
OH how cute and sweet. thank you DeepWinter for sharing debm55 Dec 2024 #35
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