Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar

[peacefulmayhem]

The other night, Toby & I were playing at the kitchen table at the end of dinner. We were walking our fingers around on the table like legs of little people, and making them talk to each other in goofy voices. Toby's little character then started roaring at my little one, and mine would run behind the water glass etc.

I then asked him, "Are you a dinosaur?" He replied that he was not a dinosaur.

I asked, "Are you a lion?" He replied that he was not a lion.

Finally, my little person asked "Well, then what are we?" And he replied in a goofy little voice "Maybe we are just fingers." Duh.

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finger aliens

[serendipity9000.livejournal.com]

A while back Eli declared to me that "these" are aliens (while wiggling his fingers in my face). He frequently has the aliens flying around.. sometimes one of them 'gets hurt' and I need to hug the alien.. I know the alien is all better when he flies away again. Sometimes we have to have little talks about what the aliens are doing (throwing things... grabbing stuff.. etc).

But other times I will ask him about the name of some stuffed animal - and I will suggest we ask the animal - and he will look at me strangely and say "but it's not real".

Interesting to see the fight between imagination and him trying to figure things out. He often asks if something is 'real' (usually in reference to a photo or illustration in a book).

from the mouths of toddlers, wisdom

[qbaz.livejournal.com]

I'm laughing so hard my cheeks are wet.