Before I even uttered a word she very woefully looked at me and said, in her best concerned voice, "uh oh mommy, oranges fall down!" She was so completely sincere too! I had to stifle a laugh and just said "Well no, that's not what happened Sylvie, the oranges didn't fall down, you just took them out of the bag, remember?" She didn't have much of a response but I guess could tell by my tone that she wasn't in trouble or anything, so she kept playing happily with them. Eventually I got a bowl and we piled them up and put them away.
So of course I looked up some info on toddler lying, and found this pretty interesting and short article. I love what it says about toddlers sometimes lying because they're actually trying to convince themselves of a different truth, or because they honestly don't remember how something happened. Fascinating! One of these days I'll do a post about Sylvie's first joke, which involves the Old Macdonald song. I love these developments.
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Well I've heard of little white lies, but never little orange lies. HA! Get it? because they're little oranges??
that's bad, i know. sorry everybody.
oy...had to follow that rat-a-tat-tat joke. my two cents: Syl didn't lie...not even close. She told you the oranges fell down and they did! After she took them out of the bag...but still, the oranges fell. I don't think this constitutes as her 'milestone' lie just yet. Trust me. You'll know when she's lying! I so wish I had the picture of YOUR face...your totally WHITE POWDERED face with just your glistening eyes and white powdered eyelashes emerging from my bedroom and when I asked you, "Kacey, were you touching Mommy's powder?" and you said, "NO, Mommy". Now THAT was an out and out lie! hehehehehe
p.s. the pics are GREAT! i can practically smell the tangerines!
I agree with Kathy........the oranges DID fall down. Glad you didn't make a big deal out of it. Don't forget, those oranges were REALLY tempting her....they looked like they were asking to be touched! Wonder how many of us might have done the same thing.....at that age!
Second comment........First of all I loved all of the pictures of Sylvie with the tangerines, and I LOVED the article on why young children might be tempted to tell a lie. Too bad a lot of parents couldn't have read that article before punishing their child because of what THEY perceived as being a lie. Too many molehills grew into mountains unnecessarily.
I hope everyone reading this realizes that when I said this was a milestone because it was Sylvie's first "lie," I was being a bit tongue in cheek about it. I mean of course I know she wasn't actually lying to be naughty, or lying to get away with something, maybe I should have said this was baby's first fib, which seems a little less judgmental!
It was just so funny to me as I watched her take each tangerine out of the bag one by one, carefully placing them next to her on the table, and then she looks up, sees me, gets a concerned look on her face and literally says "uh oh mommy, oranges fall down!" It was like she knew she wasn't supposed to be doing it, and just didn't know how all those pesky 'oranges' got out of the bag! LOL. Still cracks me up!
Oh and tonight she also told on Grandma Kathy for picking boogers out of her nose. (sylvie's nose that is!) As soon as Sylvie was alone in the car with me she told me all about it. Her emotional and verbal landscape is really changing so much right now, watch out!
there is nothing nicer than watching kids, growing up. What happened with the tangerines is just the beginning. There is more to come and it will be so innocent and cute. Kids are the same no matter where they are from, God created it this way. It is amazing.
I wish I was a fly on the wall to watch Sylvie take the tangerines out of the bag. Smile..........you are on candid camera. Ha!
Love Steppy
OMG! Am I ever glad you remembered to clarify just whose nose it was I was picking! Yes, I sat down next to the cutest little girl and noticed a bit of crusty stuff sitting on the edge of her nostril, so I said "Syl, lemme get the booger out of your nose". She wasn't thrilled to allow me to do it, but she did cooperate. Hmmmm, wonder what made her think enough of it to 'tell' on me! : )
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