Rushing through Costco this afternoon, I saw (and heard) how Emma truly is MY daughter. She might look nothing like me, but she has a lot of my traits. Costco is wonderful for all their samples and Emma has to try everything, no matter how disgusting (or how organic) it might be. Tyler, on the other hand, doesn't eat very much period. And trying something new for him is absolutely out of the question. After she finished an eggroll, I listened as my kids conversed.
Emma: "Tyler, this was yummy. And so was the soymilk."
Tyler: "It's yucky." (He hadn't tried it)
Emma: "No it's not. You should try new fings (things)."
Tyler: "No."
It brought a surprisingly large amount of surprise (delight? smugness?) to my insides that I heard my daughter using the same line I use so often...WITH SPENCER. Emma might be just like me but Tyler is just like his dad. From this simple conversation, I have discovered a few other ways in which Emma takes after me:
*She is bossy. She's telling her little (but not by much) brother he should be trying new things. Hilarious, coming from a 4 year old. I am sure it will continue and will only get more extreme as they get older. My parents used to call ME the "police" for being bossy and trying to boss my siblings, especially my OLDER brother.
*She is nurturing. She encourages him to expand beyond what he's comfortable with, because she thinks it will make him happy and that he will like all these things he currently avoids.
*She's a know-it-all. Enough said. :)
Next year at Gualala, Spencer WILL try the abalone. No more Mrs. Nice Guy. I'll keep bugging him with "You should try new fings" until he gives in. Then again, maybe Emma will be the police. After all, she tried the abalone...and liked it.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
You CAN try new things
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How funny. Its amazing how much you can learn from kids when you listen to their conversations and very entertaining much of the time. I'm going to try to do better trying new fings.
Funny. I just read an article today that said "You are a grown-up when . . . you ENJOY trying new things." Spencer, Spencer, Beuller, . . . :-)
(I'm not going to get in trouble for this, am I??)
What a hoot! "You should try new fings" is my favorite. Cole is the same way at Costco...unless it's an easily identifiable chicken nugget or piece of candy, he won't try it.
I think it's cute to hear how your kids are like you & Spencer. So fun!
Very funny exchange between the two... I don't like to try new things either (maybe a Wirthlin trait?) but Ryan is all for it. Olivia got his adventurous spirit, and Coleman's in my camp where we stick to what we know we like. It's so fun to hear our kids say the things we say (as long as they are good things, right?) and do the things we do. They really are like little sponges. I'm going to TRY to adopt the idea that "I should try new fings" too.
Sometimes it is great to hear that your children are listening and learning from you. Sometimes, it isn't so wonderful. I love your family!
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