This weekend we went to a dance workshop with two friends, Amy and Paul. We got adjourning hotel rooms with doors connecting them. Each morning Tess climbed into bed with Amy, propped herself up against the pillow next to her, and would say, "Shaun the Sheep bees scary. Yeah. They chase Shaun. Yeah."
Best Conversation Starter Ever.
When I'm speaking to friends and family on the phone, Tess will ask to say hi, and then once I put her on the phone, she starts with, "Shaun the Sheep bees scary."
When we are eating dinner, and Eric and I are talking, Tess likes to jump in with a "Shaun the Sheep bees scary," when there's a break in the conversation.
Today in music class, Tess's friend Elena came over to the door where Tess was pulling at the doorknob, because she wanted me to go get her a snack. Tess's whole face lit up when Elena got close, and they eyed each other, Elena put a tentative arm around her shoulder, and they ended up both leaning against the wall together in a shared gesture of friendship. There was a silent moment, and then Tess said, "Shaun the Sheep bees scary! Yeah."
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Is she traumatized or what? What happened with the bees?
The bees was the one short that was too scary to watch. She always tells us to turn it off. But I don't think she repeats it out of trauma. I think she just thinks it's something to talk about, and she doesn't have enough language to talk about much, but she so wants to talk. So that line as just become her "go to" conversation.
Pretty good, Tess. ;)
Funny how kids get sort of obsessed with what their scared of.
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