Today Aurora and I had a tea party. Actually we had one yesterday too. We had made up names, and had imaginary applesauce tea, with mashed up carrots and cream (Aurora's invention). We also had cakes made from Duplo blocks.
Yesterday while we were playing I was trying to come up with conversation, and without thinking too hard, I started to talk, and then I realized that the kind of conversation that was about to come out of my mouth, was gossip type conversation. All be it about imaginary people, but gossip none the less. I quickly changed my train of thought and talked about purple grass and cows.
I found myself wondering why that type of conversation was what my instincts would pull up. I realized that in books or movies, that is the kind of conversation that often goes on at tea parties. And with my lifestyle, I haven't really participated in an actual tea party. I try to not be someone who gossips, and I don't want to teach my children that such is acceptable.
So today while we were having our "tea party" I found the opportunity to talk about a book that I had read, making up a story about a princess who barely escapes being eaten by a dragon, but then finds that if she kisses the dragon's tail, he turns into a prince. Aurora then favored me with a rendition of Goldilocks and the 3 bears.
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