4 year old confusion
Actual conversation at the dinner table with our 4 year old
Me: M, what was your favorite part of school today?
M: Painting!
Me: What did you paint?
L: her legs…
M: My legs, and a picture, and… and a picture on a weasel!
(stifled laughter)
Me: It’s “easel”.
M: No! We have a weasel in my class! We do! We really do! I painted a picture on the weasel!
L: No, no, it’s called an easel. A weasel is an animal.
M: What?
L: It’s an animal, a small animal.
M: Oh, like in Winnie the Pooh, when he dreams he turns into a raccoon.
Me: ????
L: What?
M: In Winnie the Pooh, he dreams he turns into a raccoon!!
L: No, that’s a woozle, not a raccoon. But woozle is a funny way of saying weasel.
M: Yes! a raccoon.
L: No, a woozle. Which is like a weasel.
Me: But is not like an easel.
