Yesterday all four children were playing a game and Charlie came to me very upset, saying Poppy was ruining the game.
"How?" I asked.
"It's a gorilla game, and she keeps saying she's the mommy gorilla!" Charlie told me in great agitation.
Poppy was right behind him, chanting smugly, "I mommy gowiwa! I mommy gowiwa!"
"NO, YOU'RE NOT!" Charlie yelled back at her.
"Okay," I said calmly. "What's the problem with her being a mommy gorilla?"
To which Charlie replied, "She ALWAYS wants there to be mommies and daddies and we ALWAYS want to play killing games! THERE ARE NO MOMMIES IN KILLING GAMES!"
Right.
It's hard to be the sole female sometimes.
I guess they haven't seen the Alien series yet? No, probably not.
ReplyDeleteBut the good thing is their world right now and is play and you can be anything you want to be. Imagination in boys is different than girls too.
ReplyDeleteHey Kristin delete the other comment please. thanks it didn't come out how I meant it.
For killing games, chimpanzees or baboons are more appropriate--Charlie needs to study his primates---
ReplyDeleteTell Charlie that with many mammals the females are the most ferocious. By the way, I am sending you some extra new light-weight masks for church. Mary in MN
ReplyDeleteAs a kid, I always wanted my Barbies to date my brother's GI Joes and he always wanted them to fight. So I got a GI Joe (with lifelike hair!) to play with and my brother got my least-liked Barbie to act as a nurse for his fighting men.
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