Me: (hugging Zeeb) Please don’t scream, Zeeb.
Zeeb: I’m sorry Mom. I forgive you.
Me: I love you.
Zeeb: I love you too, Mom. Can I have Spiderman for my birsday?
Me: Yeah, we can get you a Spiderman toy for your birthday.
Zeeb: I want ta go ta my birsday.
Me: You want to go somewhere for your birthday?
Zeeb: Yeah. I want to go to my birsday.
Me: Where would you like to go?
Zeeb: (fists in the air) I wanna go ta Chuck E Cheez!!!
Me: OK, you can go there for your birthday. Would you like to take someone?
Zeeb: Yeah! I want ta take Chuck E Cheez!
Me: You want to take your friend to Chuck E Cheez?
Zeeb: Yesss!!
Me: Which friend would you like to take?
Zeeb: Ummm, Jonfan! He’s my friend.
Me: Do you want to take Bronx?
Zeeb: (frowning) No, he’s Calvin’s friend. T-man is Calvin’s friend, too.
Me: You can have a friend that is also Calvin’s friend. Bronx can be your friend, too.
Zeeb: (doe-eyes looking almost teary) Can I have T?
March 12, 2007 at 11:35 am
Cute exchange… you have to do these questions to make sure you really-for-actually “get” what they are saying!
The friends part… this is the part that has me confused and it breaks my heart! Playdate friends who only invite Birdie (my five year old) and LaLa (three) is left sobbing her guts out.