Aaron and I read "If you Give a Pig a Pancake" for the first time today. It's about a pig who gets a pancake, then syrup, then a bath and then a ducky bath toy, packs a suitcase...
We read that story this morning around 10am. Around 4pm he and I were sitting in the bathroom together (a very common occurrence in our house these days). Part of our conversation went like this-
Aaron: "Mom, the pig turns into a mil-li-tion."
Me: (I am quiet and smiling, racking my brain for what on earth he could be talking about)
Aaron: "Yea, the pig is a millition and he does a magic trick and turns himself into a duck."
Me: (I smile for reals because I know now he is talking about a magician)
Aaron: "Like the one at daddy's work, the pig turns into a duck, and then a puppy and then and alligator."
Me: And then it turned into some sort of combo of the following statements and questions: How do you clean yourself, yes shake shake, wipe, flush, close the lid, to the sink, don't pick up your car/airplane/motorcycle yet b/c your hands aren't clean, please turn on the water, with soap, wash all the bubbles off, don't put your hands in more bubbles, water turned off, dry hands, put towel back up, are your undies wet, okay put on undies, put on pants, no we haven't zipped up yet you can't go, is the bathroom floor cleaned up, please put your books and toys away, turn off the light... (30 mins later we are moving on in our day)
My take away- The boy is a crazy rememberer of the past, and associater with the present. At Bryan's work party back in June there was a magician. He was amazed and we talked about it for a couple of weeks. (In the show there was nothing of pigs, ducks, or any other animals). And the book makes a comment that because the pig was holding the rubber ducky he missed his family on the farm. And somehow that all got converted into 'the pig is a milition.'
Side note- We have been potty training now for 4 weeks. He did great for a couple of weeks and the last two weeks have been lots of wetting himself. Pull-ups again?
