My granddaughter stays all night at our house a couple times a week, and the more time we spend together, the more I’m convinced that there’s a tiny adult trapped in her 3 year old body! She comes off with the craziest things sometimes. Unfortunately, I think I know where she gets these little sayings of hers.
Now, here’s just one example of what I’m talking about:
Her – “Hey guys, wanna watch Shrek before we go to bed?”
Me – “Honey, we watch Shrek every time. How about we watch something else?”
Her – “Ashully, I wanna watch Shrek.”
Now, where did all that come from?
Me – “It’s time for bed.”
Her – “Let’s read just one more book, Nana”
Me – “Actually, we’ve read two more than we said we were going to read.”
She mimics adults around her all the time! Fortunately, the grown-ups she spends time with aren’t filling her head (and mouth) with the words that I hear some other children screaming at McDonald’s; like “Shut Up”, “Stupid”, or worse.
When I think about it, I'm reminded of the Nursery song “O Be Careful, Little Eyes”. It has the following verse:
O be careful little ears what you hear
O be careful little ears what you hear
There's a Father up above
And He's looking down in love
So, be careful little ears what you hear
The thing is, when it comes to children, we're the responsible ones. The verse should say – “Be careful little mouth what you say” – because those little ears are always listening. Ashully, listening and repeating!
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