I could call this day two of vacation bed ... but let's move on.
Here is a conversation between my 5-year-old and 6-year-old girls while in the car yesterday. Unfortunately, I do not have visuals to accompany this post.
6: What's that?
5:. It's an 'X.'
6: No, it's not. an 'X' does this, that is a 'K.'
5: Oh- I wanted to make an 'X'
6: What's that?
5: That's my friend Journey.
6: What happened to her?
5: She got attacked by a shark. (very matter of fact storytelling)
6: (excited by this news) What kind of shark?!
5: A megalodon.
6: A megalodon! Did she cry?
5: No.
6: NO! What? What did she do? (seems pretty concerned about this situation)
5: She just called her mom.
6: Called her mom!? No way! She would have died! She has to go to the hospital!
5: Nope, she just called her mom.
6: That's not real. Anyway, megalodons aren't alive anymore. (somewhat perturbed by this story)
5: (nothing to say) (totally indifferent to her sister's rollercoaster emotions)
6: What's wrong with Journey's eyes?
5: Shark bite.
6: What kind of shark? Was it the megalodon again?
5: No, I don't know, just a shark, a grey and white one.
6: Grey and white? Maybe it was a GREAT WHITE SHARK! (very excited about this idea)
5: Maybe, yeah- it probably was a great white. (willing to concede)
6: What's that?
5: It's a 'Y.'
6: I don't think so, 'Ys' so down like this. That's an 'X.'
5: Oh, ok. I thought it was a 'Y.'
My question as I was driving was first, "Megalodon? really?" and second- what the heck kind of picture did my child draw? I know it clearly included another child who had endured multiple shark attacks and a few misshapen letters of the alphabet, but what else was going on? Most girls just draw rainbows and flowers!
Imagination is wonderful. :)
Job 33:28
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