"I Spy" update
Chase got me good yesterday morning. He decided that the map he found in the backseat was fair game. First he did M, the map itself - but gave it away by saying "I'm holding it!" His next turn, however, he stumped me.
Ispywithmylittleeyesomethingthatstartswith ... D!
After going through the usual suspects - dog, ditch, deck, Daddy, door ... surely he didn't see a deer? ... I was wondering if he knew specific flower types (daisy, daffodil...) when he gave me a hint: it was something on his map.
Rat fink! Well, OK, he's four. I explained that it was not technically fair, but that I would play along. Since I was driving the car and couldn't actually look at the map, it was a bit of a challenge.
I knew he was holding a stylized map of the USA that came with the kid's menu in some restaurant. He knows at least some of his states... "D.C.? Delaware? Dakotas?" Maybe one of those "interesting feature" callout pictures, of a giant peanut in Georgia or Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota... any of those start with D? Couldn't think of one. "Detroit?" Not likely, I didn't think it even had capitals ("Des Moines?"), much less industrial cities of interest...
Finally I had to give up. What had he spied that started with a D?
Why, one of the labels on the compass rose, of course.
What do you mean, which one? The Double-U.
Duh.
Ispywithmylittleeyesomethingthatstartswith ... D!
After going through the usual suspects - dog, ditch, deck, Daddy, door ... surely he didn't see a deer? ... I was wondering if he knew specific flower types (daisy, daffodil...) when he gave me a hint: it was something on his map.
Rat fink! Well, OK, he's four. I explained that it was not technically fair, but that I would play along. Since I was driving the car and couldn't actually look at the map, it was a bit of a challenge.
I knew he was holding a stylized map of the USA that came with the kid's menu in some restaurant. He knows at least some of his states... "D.C.? Delaware? Dakotas?" Maybe one of those "interesting feature" callout pictures, of a giant peanut in Georgia or Mt. Rushmore in South Dakota... any of those start with D? Couldn't think of one. "Detroit?" Not likely, I didn't think it even had capitals ("Des Moines?"), much less industrial cities of interest...
Finally I had to give up. What had he spied that started with a D?
Why, one of the labels on the compass rose, of course.
What do you mean, which one? The Double-U.
Duh.