This is Callie, she is three and precocious, she has been around the block world a few times and she isn’t afraid to speak her mind…in multiple languages.
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Sometimes though, being three and all, things can be confusing. Here was her enlightenment (pun intended) today.
One of my scholarship student mentees is a monk and he came for his mentoring session today, in the middle of our chat Callie wandered by, totally naked from her afternoon swim.To be fair to her she did wei to the monk and very politely say “Joom Reap Sure”, the monk replied and wei’d and I guess Callie thought she was in…
“You’re a monk, not a chipmunk, a chipmunk is an animal and they sing. Do you sing?”
My student was a bit taken aback by a naked three-year-old discussing his singing ability, but he did nicely respond that monks don’t sing, I added that we do hear them chanting to Buddha sometimes.
“Ohhh,” said Callie, “I give Buddha the high-five.”
While it may sound like the newest thing in religious lingo, ohh, Jesus, yea, he gets a high five. Callie however was not being philosophical, but rather meant that on her way up to bed she likes to high-five the Buddha in our lobby.
Everyday’s an adventure.
That’s the fun of being 3 – you can say what you like and high-5 the buddha…what a great mix of cultures in her comments and actions…
Does she know the Chimpmunk’s Chrismas CD? Maybe they could record some monk chanting for the remix?? It’s a favorite around here.
Does Callie know the new Chipmunks Movie? Gavin loves to quote Alvin saying “Bow Chicka Bo Wow” – Chris thinks it’s hilarious.
See, this is yet another reason why Callie rocks. She totally speaks her mind and does it in the buff and doesn’t think twice about it. I’ll give that a try with my boss tomorrow and see if it’s quite as cute when I do it. Callie – keep being awesome!