This is such a cute story, I just had to share.
Hailey learned all of her body parts when she was a year old (eyes, nose, hands, feet... etc). She has since learned a more detailed list of her body parts (fingers, toes, eyebrows, dimples, mustache, etc.) Apparently there was one body part we failed to teach her, and we didn't even realize it.
The other night Hailey was in bed, and she called for me. I reluctantly went into her room, normally we don't go into her room after the night time routine is finished, it's bed time and that is that. This night I just decided it would be better to go in and see what was going on. The following dialog took place:
Me - "What's going on?"
Hailey - "I have an owie"
Me - big sigh "Where's your owie?"
Hailey.... wait for it......
"On my elbow on my leg"
So, we apparently forgot to teach Hailey that her elbow on her leg is not called any elbow, it's called a knee. I tried so hard not to laugh. I kissed her knee and it took every part of me not to bust out in laughter. I closed the door, and bust into laughter. I tried for about 2 minutes to tell Trevor the adorable story, but I just couldn't stop laughing.
Now the debate is whether we teach her that it's called her knee, or leave it to be "my elbow on my leg" because that is so stinkin' cute!
P.S. she also calls her big toe the mama one, and the other toes are the little ones... cute kid!
I vote for letting her call it "my elbow on my leg." That is just too cute.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you, but quickly learned that it was called a knee. When everyone giggles at her, she knows that something is just not right, and she tries to correct herself. So she learned that it's called a knee... oh well, better luck with the next one.
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