While making Jello with her Mum the other night, Charlotte froze and looked up at the wall, before announcing, "It's Tuesday, January 20th. Only five more sleeps until it's my birthday!" (singing).
"How do you know that?" I quizzed, looking up from my laptop at the kitchen table.
Charlotte gently handed her whisk to her mother and wiped her hands on a tea towel. "Because, it is... I'll show you." And with that, Tig grabbed a magic marker and dragged the step ladder over to the wall, beneath the calendar (sent to us at Christmas time from New Zealand).
With great care, Charlotte placed a giant tick on her birthday, January 25th; then without prompting, drew a circle on today's date, January 20th. Using her index finger (more to assist my understanding than her own), she slowly counted out the sleeps, "One... Two... Three... Four... Five. Five sleeps! See?"
Satisfied that I had been adequately schooled, the step ladder was dragged back over to the kitchen counter, and Charlotte continued on with her Mum, measuring out the Jelly mixture and pouring it into little individual containers for next week's 'Ssedert' (dessert).
PS: Thanks Kari, for teaching our little girl how the giant calendar works at the Paddington Playstation.
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