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The other day I was driving her to swim practice.
Every time I would change lanes, she would ask me why. She would ask why I got off at an exit or went down a ramp.
Gabbie(in a worried tone): "Mommy, when I get big and I drive, I am not going to know where to go. I am going to need help when I'm driving."
Me: "Don't worry Gabbie, I will sit in the car with you and tell you where to go."
Gabbie(lightening up a bit): "I know where our house is. And how to get to Appletree(her preschool)."
Me: "Don't worry, you will learn how to go to different places as you get older."
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On the way home from practice I found out that my Great Uncle had passed away. He was a great man and marked the end of the Raquet line of my family.
Gabbie of course was eaves dropping while I was on the phone.
When I got off she asked, "Who died?"
Me: My Great Uncle. Remember he was in the hospital and Gram had to visit him when we were in NY?
Gabbie: People can die?
Me: Yes, when people get really, really old; older than Gram, Grandma, and Grandpa, their bodies get too tired because they lived so many years and they die.
She was not upset by the conversation or else I would have changed the subject. On the contrary, she was intrigued by the idea since we never really talked about it before. She asked question after quesiton. I went on to explain a very watered down version of how people die, how their spirits go to heaven and then how they watch over us.
Gabbie: Will we have Ellie forever or will she die?
Me: Animals die just like people, so some day Ellie will too. But we have many more years of jumping and craziness from her.
The conversation eventually fizzled out, but I was pretty impressed at how she handled the topic.
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Gabbie: Can we get a puppy?
Me: No not until you and Kiernan are older and we move to a different house.
Gabbie: Can we move to a bigger house? Not a rectangle one?
Me(chuckling): What is wrong with our rectangle house?
Gabbie: It's too much a rectangle. I want something bigger.
(Well, well little princess, we will see what we can do for you.)
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Gabbie still stuck on the puppy topic: Can we get a lot of puppies like 101 Dalmations?
Me(with a heck no tone): No, we do not have the money or the space for that many puppies.
Gabbie: You have money.
Me: No, not that much money.
Gabbie: I have money.
Me: You do?
Gabbie: Yes, in my piggy bank. I have lots of coins. I can use them to buy the puppies. *Pause* But then I won't have money.
(Yes Gabbie, that's the idea.)
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