"Who is he?". Imagine the sweetest little voice...very curious...very happy...yet very serious...asking the most innocent question - "Who is he?".
The inquisitive voice is my Tan-man. Mommy's little guy who loves pictures, loves scrapbooks, and loves looking at my pictures archived meticulously on the computer (by year and by month).
His question is simple. Every stinkin' picture he wants to know if the little guy he's looking at in the photo is he or his brother. Confession time - after 5 years, I still struggle tell the little fellas apart in a photo, unless there are hidden clues (i.e. scars, outfits that were assigned to one vs. the other, etc). Despite my very organized picture archiving on the computer... despite my love of scrapbooking and recording thoughts and memories...I'm finding myself more and more often unable to answer Tanner's very basic question.
So - my question to all is this - do I just tell him I don't know, or do I fake it so he can smile and move on to the next picture and the same question? It's never a problem with recent photos...it's the older ones. I thought I'd always be able to tell them apart and didn't note 'who was who'. I'm a terrible mom! Do I make it worse by lying...I guess I have a 50% chance of being right?!
Monday, December 3, 2007
"Who is he?"
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4 comments:
I have the exact same problem. Current pictures are easy, as are pictures with situations I recall or outfits that were clearly assigned. But otherwise I find myself struggling to tell which baby girl is which. For now, they're happy to guess for themselves who is who (with pretty good accuracy, as far as I can tell), so I leave it to them. If they start asking me, we might get into some trouble!
Kelly may have a good solution. this way they get to make up the answer/solve the riddle. You don't have to be wrong anymore! Good luck.
The question is, does Tanner know who it is, and is he just testing you?
I think a good response would be, "Who do you think he is?"
If that doesn't satisfy him, just make something up.
I think the "who do you think he is?" is a good solution...
As they grow older I would just tell the truth...
Lies always come back to hurt you..
My girls had fun with it and still have with certain pictures I have when they were younger also.
You are a wonderful mom & this is all it counts.
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