Long Overdue: Boys & Girls
So, this happened a good 8-9 months ago, but I forgot to make an entry about it.
Olivia has shown an interest in learning Spanish words for awhile now, mostly sparked by her time in co-op with Maria who introduced such gems as "huacala" (gross) and "loca" (crazy). I had explained to Liv at one point that Maria always called the girls locas and the boys locos, and that the change in the word was part of how Spanish works.
Around the same time, Liv also started remarking on the physical differences she saw between her girl and boy friends. One night she was playing in the "tub" (kitchen sink) at Grandma's with some rubber duckies. She was narrating a story about them, and one of the specifics was which were boys and which were girls.
Thinking to prompt a physiology lesson, I asked "Liv, how are boys and girls different?"
She looked completely puzzled. I asked again, in a couple of different ways, to try to jog her memory about things we'd discussed (girls have vaginas, boys have penises, yadda yadda), but it was awhile before her eyes lit up with comprehension and she smiled.
"I KNOW!" she said proudly. "Boys are LOCO, and girls are LOCA."



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