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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Wisdom about Whales

Sometimes when I look at my younger son (YS) I marvel at the way the world is so different for him simply because he is a second born. The Big Giraffe and I both are first borns, each with a younger brother. Of course we feel that it is best to be first born, but we admit that perhaps we're just the slightest bit biased and perhaps there are some advantage to being a second child! In all seriouness, it is amazing how much more quickly he has adapted to information, toys and imaginative play by using his older brother as a role model. Of course this doesn't always manifest itself in the best way. Take today for example while YS and I were sitting in the small bleacher area of OS's Tae Kwon Do studio. YS was playing with the boys' ocean life figurines.

Woman Sitting Behind Us (WSBU): What type of whale do you have?
YS: Orca!
WSBU: I'm impressed! What type of whale is that one? (pointing to a different whale)
YS: Sperm!
WSBU: (Looking confused) Did he just say, I don't know, bear?
YS: Sperm! (waving the bottom of the whale which is labeled with the words "Sperm whale")
Alex Elliot (AE): It's a sperm whale.
WSBU: Oh. Wow.
AE: My older son is very into ocean life, so YS knows all the correct names. The names are written on the bottom of each animal.
WSBU: Impressive.

I'm assuming she meant my kids, but I secretly wanted to believe she was impressed that I had figurines with the animal names on the bottom. They were well worth the money at the aquarium for the labels alone. How else would I know all these names?!

A. Elliot's Lesson Learned: When buying animal figurines, ensure they are labeled with the name of the species.

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