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I had such a delightful experience with a 3 year old little girl yesterday that I thought I'd share. I was gardening in our front yard when she walked by with her mom. She immediately struck up a conversation with me, and I could tell instantly that she has a very special spark.

Here is more or less how part of the conversation went:

Me: "What's your name, sweetie?"

Sweetie: "Elsa"

Elsa's mom: "Yes, her name is Elsa this week."

Me: "Oh, and what are you also sometimes called?"

Elsa's mom: "Fran" (not her real name)

Elsa, rolling her eyes: "Yeah."

Me: "And how old are you, Elsa?"

Elsa, with emphasis: "Five."

Elsa's mom mouthing background: "3, actually"

Elsa, looking at our cats: "We have a cat too. She's a black cat and her name is Blanche. In French, blanche means white." Elsa laughs hysterically and winks at me.

Elsa: "Would you like to see my magic powers? I can use my frost powers on your plants. And here (pretending to pull out objects out of her pretend pocket), would you like to have one of these presents? See that one. It has a picture of you on it. See the reflection?"

Elsa pulling her mom's keys from the basket on her tricycle and holding them in her hand and pretending to walk to a car, laughing again: "Look! I'm the mommy."

Me to Elsa's mom, after more antics from Elsa: "When did she turn 3?"

Elsa's mom: "At the end of April."

Me: "And when are you getting her tested for giftedness?"

Elsa's mom: "How did you know?"

Me: "Some kids just scream 'gifted'."

I can't wait to bump into Elsa again.

So cute :-) Very sweet and smart little girl.

Yes indeed. And my post really doesn't do her justice. You should have seen her! Not sure I've ever met a more imaginative little creature before.

My DD was not that "imaginative" at age 3 but she would stop to chat with anyone she ran into like that, and people were surprised when I said her age because she came across as so articulate. She also routinely called people "honey" when she was age 2-3 which was hilariously funny. Even old guys in biker clothes, or teenage boys...it didn't matter, they were "honey" and she would insert "honey" into sentences when addressing them as much as possible. Shortly after she turned 2 we were at a hotel and she was chatting it up with an old lady in a wheelchair and asked the lady if she could come to the pool and go swimming, calling her "honey" in the process. You get the idea (I rarely called DD "honey" so I'm not sure where that came from). Miss those days.

How Sweet! This reminds me so much of my DD. She played dress up daily for 5 years and created the most elaborate worlds. Even at 9, I will catch her dressing up every now and then. I love a little person with a big imagination:)!

There's just such magic about it, isn't there?. And Elsa also has oodles of spunk, too. I'm still smiling about that encounter. I have a feeling her parents are really in for it, though!

Rrd, this reminded me of when dd was 3 or 4 and we were in an elevator at the airport and dd says to a woman," we are on our way to Germany. My sister Julia who ran away from home is in Germany so we are hoping to catch her and bring her home. But if I know her, she will board the next plane out of Germany so we will never catch her." Everyone is staring at me and my dh and we only then realized that people were taking her seriously. At 6.5, dd still talks about Julia often and boy, is she a runaway. I am glad she is only my pretend child.😀

Rrd, I'm glad the mom said "how did you know" and not "how do you know" or "huh?" She recognizes her daughter! eta: even if she gets her name wrong Next time you see Elsa, tell mom about us. She'll need it lol!

That's very sweet! I remember when my kid said crazy stuff like that.

At 3, DD convinced the teachers at daycare that she had a new baby brother with some completely outlandish name (wish I remembered it). Ironically, I got pregnant with her actual brother soon afterwards.