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Sam's Story: Week 124 June 12, 2006
Did you know you can play games with children? I mean not with them per se, but using them as pieces in your elaborate game of life? I've noticed that Sam has elevated mimicry to an artform. There's almost nothing the won't try to imitate if she sees someone else doing it. This is useful for teaching her basic life lessons like washing her hands or soldering computer components, but it also leads to some otherwise inexplicable behavior. I've decided to put co-opt this behavior for my own amusement.
For example, The other day Sam and I were playing with two orange candles --"Harmmy's canal and Daddy's canal" if she is to be believed. And relax, they were unlit. On a whim I held my candle up and shouted "Candle! Candle!" Sure enough, Sam hefted hers and parroted, "Canal! Canal!" The next day Ger was a bit confused when Sam wandered over to nearby table, grabbed a tea candle and started bellowing "Canal! Canal! Canal" why waiving it over her head." Shhh... Don't tell her why. It's funnier this way.
Actually, Sam is surprisingly good about repeating back words. We were at Ger's godparents' for dinner last night and Sam was making the rounds, inspecting all the delicate, expensive things just waiting to be knocked over.
"Sammy," said our hostess as Sam poked at a ceramic lion near the stairs. "Do you know what that lion's name is?"
"No..." Sam said, searching her memory and apparently coming up short.
"He has a very complicated name." Ger's godmother continued. "I don't think you'll be able to even come close to saying it until you're ten years old!" At this point she straightened up and said in a very important tone, "His name is Melchizedek."
Sam gave her a halfway annoyed look and said, with perfect pronunceation, "Melchizedek."
Come to think of it, that was a lot funnier than the whole candle thing. Maybe she's playing us.
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It's kind of "Sam's Story: Swimsuit Edition" given that Sam made it to the pool twice this week --once at the hotel where I'm staying and again at the aforementioned dinner with Ger's godparents. I particularly like this picture given how she's breaking any number of the rules posted in the sign behind her.
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