I told her they were chopsticks but she kept saying ‘grums!’ and started getting frustrated (very rare for her as she was always a delightfully behaved infant). Finally, she started demonstrating the drumming action and the penny dropped for me ‘Oh, drumsticks!’
Of course hearing the words is only half the battle... I have a facebook memory that comes back to remind me every year of a conversation with my youngest child while driving one day. She would have been 2.5-3yrs old and kept saying "What does orange say mummy? What does orange say?" It went on and on. I was tired and stressed, and I was driving. So I just kept on driving and making random soothing noises while thinking "What?? WHAT cam she possibly be on about?"
Finally, as we drove into our driveway, she said "Green says GO, red says STOP! What does Orange say mummy?" And I realised that we had started this conversation as we drove through the flashing orange lights of the school crossing...DUH.
