Pg 127: Baby giraffe

 

We never know just how much our children are picking up from us, no matter how young they are!

My third grandson was 13-months-old. He received two giraffes for Christmas -- the 4-foot giraffe we called “Jeffrey” and the 2-foot giraffe called “Little Jeffrey.”  Mommy and daddy taught him to discern between the two from their names.

 

In an effort to show off his son to me, his daddy said, “Watch this.”  He called to my grandson, “Get Jeffrey.” My grandson went into the next room and pulled that 4-foot giraffe to us.  Then daddy said, “Get Baby Jeffrey.”  My grandson stood there, seemingly perplexed.  No matter what his daddy said, my grandson didn’t get it.

 

So daddy went into the room and brought back “Little Jeffrey.”  Daddy didn’t realize he had mistakenly asked for “Baby Jeffrey” instead of the usual “Little Jeffrey."

 

But, in the meantime, my grandson had gone into his toybox and dragged out an 8” giraffe and stood it next to the two others! Since we had asked for a giraffe by a 3rd name, this 13-month old had concluded there must be a 3rd giraffe.  So, he found one.