Lately, Elena has been fascinated by rules of politeness and social interchange. An example:
ER: Papa?
Me: Hm?
ER: No. I say, "Papa" and you say, "Yes"
Me: Yes?
ER: No, not now. First, I say, "Papa" and then you say, "Yes"
Me: OK.
ER: Papa?
Me: Yes?
ER: (smiling with gratification, she has to think of something to continue the discussion past this point) What are you doing?
Another example: We received a nice book which teaches many internal lessons in terms of cookies. Today, walking around the lawn, she says, "I say, 'May I have a cookie please?' and then I say, 'Thank you.' I am polite."
2 comments:
That's great! I had to read it twice to see that it was Elena correcting you, rather than the other way around. What fun.
Glad she likes the cookie book! :-)
She LOVES the cookie book. She requests it every night before bed, and she repeats parts of it throughout the day.
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