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Oh I remembered something this morning that I think may have been one of the first times DH and I looked at each other and went 'is that normal'- we were shopping for a car and had been working our way down the yards that were all down one main street in town, it had just started raining and we sat for a minute to see if it would pass before getting out to have a look round when DS (about 3 at the time) piped up with, "do you see that shop over the road with the dog on the roof?", yes we said, "do you know why it has a dog on the roof?", ummm - no love why? "that's a form of advertising - to attract people inside to see all the animals and things for sale". We were floored.

And talking of advertising, we really should be careful what we let him watch, although I think he may save our skin one day. We were in the car and he pipes up with "you have a stone-chip in the windscreen you really should get Smith&Smith out to fix it, they will do it for free and their phone no is 0800 ........". I can't even remember the number now. He also knows the number for the AA, and numerous insurance companies!

We don't really spend time a lot with other kids than DD and most of her friends are older than her and quite advanced them selves.

Yesterday two kids were visiting us, one of them almost 4 so over 1.5 years older than our 26mo old DD. They have played together very well since we got to know them when DD was 12 mo and the boy 2.5. I just always thought that was normal. The little boy has younger sister 19mo and I was fully expecting all 3 of them playing together now as DD is closer to age with the sister than the brother. It really opened my eyes when the little girl (19mo) just walked around looking at toys when DD and almost 4 year old were playing shopping. The 19mo old did not really even try to have any contact with the other kids and DD calls her "Baby".

I also made ton's of mistakes during the evening starting of giving the 19mo old a glass to drink from (DD has been using a glass since 14mo) and asking the almost 4 year old to hand me over an "a" (they were playing with see and spell). DD of course started loudly complaining how there is no place for z, x or y and mommy needs to help her write words with them. Then I gave the boy the most difficult puzzle we have and DD the easier one and Dd first build her easy one and then went and build the other one too. Just before that the mom offered me that Dd could get some of their puzzles that are too easy for their son and too hard for the little sister...

The worst thing is that the little boy has a very advanced vocabulary for his age so I always though he was like our DD. The mom told me how funny it is that the boy seems to like DD best of his friends even that DD is so much younger and he usually prefers boys. He wants to marry her, DD is not convinced yet

It just hit me... We're going to the LA area for a family thing and rather than thinking about Disneyland, Knotts or Universal Studios, Wolf and I are bouncing up and down excited about getting to go to the Museum of Natural History and see dinosaur skeletons (among other things...). It just struck me that is probably not the most normal reaction to a trip to that area. LOL!

LOL. The LACMNH is a favorite! Set aside a whole day. They have a cafe you can eat lunch at.