Blue oh blue

Some time ago, I said to Lara "I love you very very much", and Lara said "five very much". We started playing the "number very much" game after that. Lara insisted that I love her "ten very much" now, but she usually loves me only "six very much" or sometimes "seven very much", never "ten very much". I was curious as to what else could be more important to a 2-year-old than her Mummy so I asked Lara what she liked "ten very much" one day. She only thought for a brief second before replying "I love blue ten very much". I have no unrealistic expectation about what my place is in the future, I already lost to 'blue'!

Lara's family day care closed in July. Now if I need respite on a Monday for work or other reasons, Lara goes to Gilda's house. Gilda only looks after a little boy Robbie on Mondays so she's happy that Lara is there to keep Robbie company from time to time. Gilda told me how Lara loves blue and she wants everyting in blue. And how she found it funny that Robbie is a great fan of 'pink' and he wants everything in pink (his mum's not very impressed with that!). Gilda makes sure she has blue and pink stuff (blue for Lara and pink for Robbie) to make them both happy. Two-year-olds do not know pink is for girls and blue for boys!