I have always said that I don't believe in having dvd players in the car all the time. Don't get me wrong...we definitely use the tv for long trips, but for day to day I think it's important to not let the kids watch tv in the car and instead have conversation with my kids. Of course some days I would love to put in a dvd and not have to listen to argueing, complaining, play 1,000 questions, etc. and there are plenty of times that I'm on the phone and tuning the kids out. But many times the kids and I have some great conversations in the car where we are all captive without distractions of tv, computers, phones, etc.
Today was one of those funny thought provoking conversations and it made me think how simple minded I am and made me wonder if other people think the way Maddi does. She was telling me that some names to her are soft and some are hard and she would assign a color to names to relate to their hardness and softness. For example, Grace is soft and makes her think of light green. Jack is hard and makes her think of dark blue. She said most boy names are hard and girl names can be either way. Cade seemed to understand what she was talking about and they ususally agreed with whether a name was hard or soft and they even agreed on the color for the name. Then Maddi started telling me how she thinks different people, specifically families, have their own smells. We went through most of the people we know and she identitified a smell to go with the family. Don't ask me what your family smells like, you don't want to know. Ha ha. She can't say what we smell like because she is part of our family. She's brought this up before and she said the same smell for people she has said previously.
Maddi is such a sensitive little girl so it seems fitting that she views people in more ways than just a name and face. I know she didn't get this from me so I asked Brett if he sees names as colors. He doesn't do colors, but he can relate to the hard and soft and come to find out he sees people as lizards or turtles. I've known the man for 13 years and I've never known that about him! So now I'm wondering if I'm the only person who simply takes people for what they are. I'd love to hear about everyone elses view of people and names and find out if I'm the only simple minded one left out there!
3 comments:
First of all, I am in total agreement with you on the dvds playing in the car. The kids only get to watch movies on long car trips!
I love that Maddie sees names as hard or soft.........I think I do that a little bit, too. I love names that end in n for some reason.....hence Ashlyn and Hayden!
Oops...gotta add one more thing! I definitely think families/homes have specific smells. A lot of times I think it relates to the type of laundry detergent the family uses. My neighbors house has a specific smell....and I remember your house growing up had a specific smell (everyone's does)! It's hard to smell your own home because you are use to it. Also, whenever we are gone from our house for a long weekend, I always think our house smells like it did when we first bought it years ago....so wierd!
Thank Maddie for her deep thoughts!
Okay Pam, I soo agree with the hard and soft thing. I also agree that most boy names are "hard" and girls can go either way! On another note...I also agree with the comment from your friend about how her house smells when she has been away from it for a while. When I have been gone for 3 or 4 days, my house has that "new house" smell all over again even thought it is nowhere near new anymore. I wish my car worked by this theory! We miss you all soo much. Keep in touch! Amy L.
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