Friday, December 3, 2010

On "Who's your Nanny?"

D mentioned the word 'baby-sitter' today at lunch. I'm not sure if they were talking about it at preschool or what, but it's not a word we've discussed much. Until today...

nanny.nora: "D, who's your babysitter?"

He confidently points to his brother and sister.

"Those two," he says.

"We're not babies!" A chimes in defiantly.

Using their current choice of politically correct term, I ask:

"Ok, then who's your big kid sitter?"

A points to her brothers, "That one and that one."

After 2 and a half years, she still can't tell them apart.
(We'll save THAT topic for later) :-)

"Are you sure?" I queried.

Ever the A+ student she smiles and responds in a singsongy voice:

"No, you are Norie!"

To her dismay and my delight, the third musketeer, R, came up with the best answer of all.

"No, Sissy," he said seriously. "You're our Nanny, Norie!"

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