Simply Mother

Jane’s latest amusement involves hiding somewhere — somewhere very obvious, obvious to the point of throwing a blanket over her head while I’m watching, and then saying, “Mom, come find me.”

But I’m not allowed to find her right away. Nooooo, how dare I?
“Don’t see me!” she will fume.

I’m supposed to search the room inside out, becoming more and more baffled at all the places she’s not hiding. When I finally do find her, she giggles to no end. It’s the cutest thing in the world.

Whatever concept she’s exploring here, it’s leading to some interesting scenarios. See, she’s also smackdab in the middle of the three-year-old “I can’t do what you just said JUST BECAUSE you just said it” phase. (See here. And here. And here! Geez, how many times have I posted about this?)

So now when I tell her it’s time to do something or other, she immediately says, “Mom, close your eyes.”

I do, and she runs and does whatever I asked and then comes back happily yelling “Open!!”

Usually she wants me to guess what she just did, and be astonished when it happens to be exactly what I was wanting her to do.

Parenting is hilarious.

Filed in: family • parenting | January 25, 2010