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The 4 year olds could rule

4 year olds are quite precocious. I get to enjoy hanging out with two of them on a daily basis. They will master tasks you may think outside their skill, w/o your help much less your knowledge. They communicate with great verbiage, even to the frustration and annoyance (this is funny) of themselves. (And yet they continue to wonder why we stop listening so intently after the first 30 seconds). When certain skills are mastered, they must be used at every opportunity possible. For example: "Aunt Mario can I go on Barbie.com? I know how." I hear this about twice an hour, unless I give permission. Or, "Wait I gota pause it, so I can; go potty, get a drink, get a snack, etc." My son on learning how to use the DVR remote.


As you well know, I am in the process of packing. Distractions abound in this menial task, and I end up reading more than I should be at this time. The 4 yr olds say they would like to make themselves a snack and I suggest a PB&J. (They are longtime masters of that task.) They say they would like to find something else, and I say okay let me know what you choose so I can help you. I don't hear from them so I figure they agreed on the PB&J. After about 5 min, I decide to check up on them. In their searching they discovered the ice cream cones. You can't get upset at a couple of 4 yr olds sitting on the kitchen floor with waffle cones in one hand and digging in a carton of ice cream with big spoons with the other. That was just so gosh darn cute! AND they didn't even make a mess!

posted by doingwhatilove @ 3:03 PM