Lola Brings Home the Language

One of the most beautiful things about having a child who is now forming complete sentences is to hear what she brings home from the outside world (school). Today, she was stepping down from the Honda Civic in the blazing early afternoon, and she said, "Leave it open to the wind." (pointing to her mostly healed cut) "The wind will bring it kisses." I asked her, "Did Miss Cindy tell you that?" She replied. "Uh HUH," which is her fashionable 2-year-old slang for "yes." Two nights ago, she was lining up her dinosaurs and other toys on the side of the tub, and she started saying to them, one after another, "You are the best, and you are the best, and you are the best . . . you are all the same." I really like these teachings she's bringing back from school! As an only child, she has no peers at home with whom she can be "the best and the same."--K