Tuesday, June 25, 2013

How to explain moving to a one-year-old

Husband recently pulled Baby onto his lap and gently explained why so many of the toys and clothes are being packed away.

"See, we're going to get in our car -Momma, and Daddy, and Kitten- and then we're all going to drive for a long, long time. Many days!"
"Bye-bye? Cah?" She confirmed.
"Yes, we'll go bye-bye in the car! And then, one day, after lots of driving, we'll get to a new house! And you'll have a new bedroom! And a new, big yard, where you can run, run, run on lots of grass - and you will have so much fun there! And the clothes and toys will come with us, inside the boxes. They'll ride to the new place, too... ok?"
Rianna quizzically considered this, glancing down at her lap, while we waited to gauge her reaction. (I still wasn't sure she could process all that.) But, seconds later, she lit up, and rapidly signed/said,
"DIFFERENT?!" 

Yes, Little One. That's exactly it.

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