I thought of this thread after a conversation with my 3 year old daughter last night.
The REA catalog arrived yesterday. Last year she wanted to sit and read through it with me, but this year she was content to just let me read through it as she came by every once in a while and look at whatever page I was on. She also got very excited when she saw another auction catalog came and yelled to me "you have another one." I confirmed this to her and she said "You like baseball dad?" I replied "do I?" "Yes" she said "so do I." About that time I got to the Lot with the Lizzie Arlington photo. So I called her over and showed her the woman playing baseball. She got very excited saying "When i am a boy I want to play baseball." I explained that she wasn't going to become a boy but she could still play baseball. "I can get a pretty dress like her and play baseball?" she said while pointing at the picture of Lizzie. I asked if she wanted to play baseball in a dress, and she said "yes a dress with an A like her for Amie (her name), and I can throw the ball to you and you catch it then I hit the ball"
I am glad that she is enjoying the idea of playing and hope that she and I can continue to bond over the game as she grows, but at three years old I am excited she can still find it fun to talk to me about baseball between talking to me about "my little ponies" (Maybe that is the secret, I show interest in her stuff so she shows interest in mine).
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