StevenLaura

Yesterday I scored one point on this front.

PUZZLE: E kept referencing the fire pit in the ceiling. She was insistent that there were fire pits in the attic.

SOLUTION: It got cold last week. "Day care" started using their furnace. They have a small tin chimney that I've noticed has been working hard. Every time we drop E off, we see little bits of smoke rising from the roof. She can see that roof from their playground.

The only experience she has had with smoke has been from either burning food or the fire pit in our back yard.

The chimney was spouting smoke in a steady fashion, and nothing smelt like burnt toast, so I guess, given her knowledge base, I might have logically made the same conclusion as well.

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Sometimes I need S to solve the problem. This morning he scored one point.

PUZZLE: E was "just practicing" on the potty. We like to encourage her to do this as long as possible, so we let her read books while she "practices." If she succeeds, she gets to play with a special stuffed bunny all day. "I want to read the book with the bunnies. Lots and lots of bunnies." --- so I brought her the only book I could think we owned where bunnies were the main character. "No, the OTHER book" she said. "WHAT other book?" I asked. "The bunny book. The other bunny book," she said.

SOLUTION: Steve to the rescue. "The book with the little girl, L. The one one where the little girl gets a new sister. 'I'm a Big Sister Now.'" "THAT's the BUNNY book?!" I asked. "Yes, the little girl walks around with a bunny."

Skeptical, I got the book. "Thanks momma!" E exclaimed.

We open the book. The inside of the front and back of the book are papered with pictures of big sister's baby bunny.

I guess S was right.