Conversation with the 5 year old…
Abbi: Mom, what time will Bri be here?
Me: 9:30.
Abbi: When will it be nine thirty?
Me: Well, go look at the clock and tell me what numbers you see.
Abbi: Nine. Zero. Six.
Me: Ok, so it’s 9:06. Bri comes at 9:30. What numbers do you think you need to see on the clock for 9:30.
Abbi: Ummm. Nine?
Me: Yes.
Abbi: I don’t know.
Me: Yes you do. You have the 9. Now you need the thirty. What numbers make up thirty?
Abbi: Umm. Three?
Me: Yup. And?
Abbi: Two?
Me: No.
Abbi: Four?
Me: No. What two numbers together make a thirty?
Abbi: I don’t know. Three and three?
Me: No {holding back frustration}. When you see a thirty, what two numbers are there? {seeing blank stares} When you see a twenty, what two numbers are there?
Abbi: Two? Zero?
Me: YES! So, what two numbers make up a thirty?
Abbi: Ummm….Three? And Four?
Me: ABBI!
Abbi: Oh! Three and Zero!
Me: Yes, Three and Zero. So what numbers will be on the clock at nine thirty?
Abbi: Umm…Nine?
Me: And?
Abbi: Hey, look! Bri’s here! What time on the clock will it be when she has to leave?
Me: When I get home. Go say “hi” to Bri.
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Yup, time for some kid-free time for this mommy. And alcohol. And music that says naughty words.
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Hilarious! Have had so many conversations like that lately with my 6 year-old. He is obsessed with the carnival coming for the weekend of the 4th and asks me daily what day they will be here. ARGH! Remember child, remember!
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Stacey Reply:
June 28th, 2011 at 11:14 pm
Annie — Oh yes, we’ve had that conversation here too! Finally I put a calendar on our fridge and we mark of each day. When she asks, I tell her to go look at the calendar. Of course I say that lovingly
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