Failure to Communicate

Fall Holiday is over, but there was no school today due to teacher training.  This afternoon Little Geek Girl and I went for a walk in the woods and as we approached our apartment building we saw German Neighbor Girl and Swiss Neighbor Girl.  German Neighbor Girl asked if LGG wanted to play, but LGG wanted to have a snack first.  I suggested having the snack in the yard, but she wanted to go inside to get rid of her gum.  I thought I told the girls that we were going inside to eat but we would be back in five minutes.

We go inside, eat the granola bar and drink some milk and go back outside.  No sign of German Neighbor Girl.  Swiss Neighbor Girl is there, but acting pretty shy.  We end up following her around to the front of the building and then German Neighbor Girl's mom comes out on her way to the store.  She kindly goes back inside to see if German Neighbor Girl wants to come back out to play, but German Neighbor Girl wants to stay inside to watch TV.  Obviously my attempt to explain to German Neighbor Girl what we were going to do failed miserably.

Everyone says that kids at this age learn new languages easily.  Well, our kid is quite stubborn and we think that she's waiting until she's perfect before she'll speak.  Often times she's worried about other kids "asking her questions that she can't answer", but frequently she'll want me to tell them things for her.  Hopefully one day she'll see the light and realize that if she wants to communicate with the other kids, she better do it herself if she wants it done right.  And hopefully I'll be able to do it too eventually.