Go to work...

[smittenbyu]

While D was sitting on my lap reading a book, she randomly out of the blue told me, "ma, you should go to office!"

"And what will you do when I go to office?" I asked in return.

"I will read books at home with daddy!" she responds so matter-of-factly.

(she thinks I am going to office when I go anywhere without her, usually the gym/run outside!)

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She wakes us every morning with a stern, "get up!!" Surely she thinks she has inherited lazy-bums for parents! It's so stern we immediately sit up wondering what happened!?

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D doesn't like sharing so much. She likes to show things to everyone who comes! Hence, she enjoys adult company as they don't insist on playing with other toys while she is showing something! This I think she got used to doing in our recent trip to India where especially on weekday visit she would be the only young one, and all attention would be on her and we would encourage her to show things.

When I invite her friends over and ask her if she will share her toys, her response usually is, "(whine). No sharing. I want to show them all my toys!" sigh.

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I have no idea where she got the idea but she has begun writing letters (well, scribbles and doodles) and asks me to mail them out! The first one she mailed out ended up being considered a parcel because of her lovely folding skills! 

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[echomyst.livejournal.com]

Haha, T does the no-nonsense "get up!" thing too. A friend once told me about her friend's preschooler waking up early and telling his parents, "You can sleep in! I'll watch TV by myself." I don't know about the watching TV on his own part, but sleeping in...?

Some people suggest to have "to share" and "not to share" toys that your kid can designate before having friends over. That way they'll still have some control over their possessions.

Just remembered I stiiillll owe you snail mail! you haven't moved since you gave me your address a yr or so ago, right?

[smittenbyu]

I have begun to try that, "to share" and "not to share". But there's always one that she misses. I do notice that with greater frequency of visits the less possessive she is of her toys. I would do it last year, put away toys she is very attached to that her friends love to play with while she would nap. She is still in that phase she kind of understands but doesn't. So, guess we ride it out for a month before trying again.

[echomyst.livejournal.com]

LOL!!!

Téa just opened her mail from Divya :D Thank you, D!

Looks like I know what we'll be doing after lunch today!

[smittenbyu]

:D

She had to pick two to send as there's enough to fill a box of "letters"!! ;) The USPS folks claimed she has been their youngest customer recently! :)