Words of a Child

We wanted to invite Deep Thinker’s friend Tyler over to play. The problem is that there is a close friend named Johnny who is part of their little group. I decided not to invite him–it’s easier to first see how Deep Thinker and Tyler play together, then invite the third child next time.

So, we gave Tyler an invitation to come. I told my son that if Tyler mentions the invitation to Johnny, my son can just say that we want to invite Johnny over for the next day or weekend. (And I would then do so). This would be true, as well as courteous.

Well, Johnny did see the invitation. But my son thought up an entirely different way to get himself off the hook. He said to Johnny, “Oh, we wanted to invite you too. But the invitations were too expensive. We didn’t have enough money to get you one.”

This should go a long way with Johnny’s parents:) I am pretty sure this came from the “we can’t buy that toy–it’s too expensive” line. Great adaptation, don’t you think?

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