Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Nuts for Numbers

Ever since Lia turned three, she has been very aware of her age and the fact that everyone around her has an age, too. She constantly talks about how she is going to turn four and then five...tomorrow. So, although she hasn't quite mastered the concept of the traditional calendar year yet, she seems to understand that everyone has an age that involves a number. As a result, her latest, favorite activity is asking someone how old they are. The first time she did this was to my mom the other week. However, it is the way in which she words this question that I find to be the cutest thing. Lia will ask, "How many old are you?" Although it's not correct English, it makes perfect sense, right?

Along the same lines, Lia was playing with her little, Barbie laptop computer while we were in the car a few days ago. While playing a game that requires her to identify certain numbers, she was asked to push the button that had the number three on it. Since this is her current age, Lia declared, "I live right there," as she pushed the three. She then went on to ask me, "Where does Papa live?" (In other words, how old is Ron?) I responded that he lives at fourty-two. Needless to say, she got a little stumped as her keyboard only goes up to the number ten. Oh well, she'll figure it out eventually.

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