The grandboy’s taken the ‘why” question out into psychology realm now.<\/p>\n
Grandboy: “GWUMPA gwumpa i’m thirsty gwumpa I’m thirsty. \u00a0May I have some water please?”<\/p>\n
Me: “Ok sure [I hold two cups out] which one would you like, the red cup or the blue cup?”<\/p>\n
Grandboy: “The RED one gwumpa, red one please.”<\/p>\n
Me [filling up the red cup]: “Ok here’s water in the red cup.”<\/p>\n
Grandboy: “Why?”<\/p>\n
Me [confused]: “Why what? \u00a0Why am I pouring water or why did you pick the red cup or why did you want water?”<\/p>\n
Grandboy: “Why i can choose the RED cup, gwumpa? \u00a0Why red?”<\/p>\n
Me: “O I don’t know. \u00a0You chose it. \u00a0Why did you choose the red one?”<\/p>\n
Grandboy: “I’ll have to think about that.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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