Emily, our three-year old, is learning the days of the week. Well, sort of. OK, OK, so she only knows Friday. Actually, what she knows is that on Fridays, she gets a treat as she leaves daycare.
Yesterday (Thursday), she didn't want to go to daycare, so Kirsten said, "It's Thursday and tomorrow it will be Friday and you will get a Friday Treat." Yay, everything is good, Emily is distracted and off to daycare. However, when I picked her up yesterday afternoon, she wants her Friday Treat. It turns out that she doesn't have a good grasp of 'tomorrow' and when that happens. It was Thursday this morning, isn't it Friday by the afternoon. How long does Thursday last anyway.
I can tell you how long Thursday lasts. Forever. Especially when you have a broken hearted girl in the back seat crying her eyes out, because she truly thought she was getting a Friday Treat.
Later that night, Emily comes up to me and asks if it was Friday yet. I think that I finally got through to her that 'tomorrow' doesn't occur until you wake up in the morning.
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