Benjamin is a little talker. Wonder where he gets that from? Everyday we have a million conversations, most of which consist of the following exchanges...
Ben sees a flag.
Ben: I wanna touch the flag
Me: No baby, we aren't going to touch the flag. It's too far away.
Ben: I can't reach it.
Me: Nope, you can't reach it. Just look with your eyes.
Ben: Oh hi flag, hi! Bye bye flag. (Slight pause) I see more flags?
Me: I don't know Ben Ben. Let's keep our eyes open.
Ben sees a dog.
Ben: I wanna touch the puppy.
Me: No baby, we aren't going to touch the puppy. It's too far away.
Ben: I can't reach it.
Me: Nope, you can't reach it. Just look with your eyes.
Ben: Oh hi puppy, hi! Bye bye puppy. (Slight pause) I see more puppies?
Me: I don't know Ben Ben. Let's keep our eyes open.
Ben sees a pretty flower.
Ben sees plane.
Ben sees anything of interest....same conversation...every time.
Well today on our morning walk with Osa, Ben saw the moon hanging in the morning sky. And can you guess what happened? Yep. Same dialogue. Then we turned the corner and saw the moon again. Repeat conversation. We arrived at home and I took Benjamin out of his stroller. He wanted to check the sky to see if the moon was still there. We checked and then we talked about it, just like we had two other times on our walk. About an hour later we went to the park to play and Ben spotted the moon again, and then again, and then again. And each time he saw the moon he wanted to touch it, but it was too far away.
Even if we have the same conversation a million times a day, I love talking with my boy and soaking up his enthusiasm for the simple pleasures in life...a flag, a puppy, a plane, the moon.
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