Gaby
Today I finally keep my promise to my daughter: I’m buying her a beautiful tricycle.
I spent a long time researching online to find the best tricycle for her. Since she hasn’t ridden a bike yet, I decided on a tricycle with a parent handle and a rear foot brake to help her learn. That way it can be passed down to my two-year-old son to use when he’s ready.
I’m heading to the movies with Sasha. The shuttle bus pulls into the final stop, and everyone gets off.
We get on with a few other people, and the driver goes on a break. Sasha is puzzled and asks why we aren’t moving. She asks, “Aren’t there enough people?” I explain, “When there are many, they’re people; when there’s just one, it’s a person.” Sasha thinks for a moment, then looks around at everyone and says, “Mom, is it true that if we all — PEOPLE — get off, then the driver will be a PERSON?”
Sasha comes home from preschool and says, “Mom, today I gave Borya a wolf mask — he looked just like a wolf!”
We’re reading “Little Red Riding Hood.” In the picture the wolf is dressed as the grandmother. I point and say, “Sasha, look — it’s Grandma!” She replies, “Mom, don’t you get it? That’s the wolf who DISGUISED HIMSELF as Grandma!”
I try to get Sasha to sleep. She just can’t settle down. Then she says, “Mom, I don’t want to sleep at night — I want to sleep in the morning!”
I’m telling Sasha a fairy tale: the dad goes to work, then Baba Yaga kidnaps the girl. Sasha jumps up and shouts, “Mom! Why didn’t the dad PROTECT her?”
