our family tree
Our conversation yesterday…
ME: Chickpea, who is Daddy’s mommy?
CHICK: You.
ME: No, Memee is Daddy’s mommy.
CHICK: (looking at me as though I was telling a joke) No, that’s not hers mommy. Daddy’s a boy.*
ME: Yes, Daddy is a boy, but he has a mommy. And it’s Memee.
CHICK: (shaking her head and smiling) Nooooo…
ME: Who is Daddy’s daddy?
CHICK: (looking at me like I had lost my mind)
ME: Papa is Daddy’s daddy.
CHICK: Nnnooooo, that’s nots hers daddy.*
ME: Yep, he is. Did you know that Daddy has a daddy and a mommy?
CHICK: No, hers Chick’s daddy, and you’re my mommy.*
ME: Yes, that’s right. Do you know who my daddy is?
CHICK: Kabob? (yes, she did call him by his first name)
ME: No, that’s your daddy. Hot Rod is my daddy.
CHICK: Nooooo, that’s not your daddy.
ME: Yep, he is. And who is Mommy’s mommy?
CHICK: (again, looking at me as though I had lost my mind – yet after a long pause…) Nana?
ME: Yes, that’s right! Nana is my mommy!
CHICK: Nana’s not a mommy. You’re my mommy!
And thus, I had royally confused her for the afternoon.
We asked her these same questions later that evening, and she actually got them right. But she still answered with the voice that said I-don’t-believe-you-I-just-know-this-is-the-right-answer.
*Right now, every pronoun is female – it’s “she” and “her” for everybody.
posted: 07 December 11
under: family
Hey T, Megan fowarded me the link to your photocards and I stumbled across your blog. Nice, nice, nice! Hope all is well.
Love,
Jan
Oh I’ve had this same conversation with my kids. They are just now really getting this concept. In fact, I asked Car what she wanted to be when she grows up and she said a Mommy and I said that I would love that because you know what that would make me? And she said “A GRANDMA!” Now…she doesn’t understand siblings still. I just asked her who my brother was and she said Uncle Josh, then I asked who Daddy’s brother was and she said Uncle Josh, then Papa, and I asked who Daddy’s sister is and she said “Aunt Bidis?” So nope, not there yet.