Last night before bed, I read The Rooster a book about Gorillas.
"Primates have one thumb and four fingers on each hand," we learned.
The Rooster held up her right hand and counted.
Amazed at the result, she held up her left hand and counted.
Her eyes widened, sparkling.
"Mommy," she exclaimed, "I AM A PRIMATE!!!"
"Yes!" I said. "You are a primate."
"And YOU are a primate!"
"Yes."
"The Mayor is a primate, too!"
She went on to name every person we have ever met.
All of them are primates!
Imagine that!
Good morning, primates!
39 comments:
I always considered my wife a Prime Mate.
How happy I am to be a PriMate!
Oh, that light-bulb moment of realization! I love it.
This anthropologist appreciates your teaching your children about this stuff from such an early age. ^_^
i'm definitely a primate... wait, let me recount. yep. me = monkey
Good morning back at ya!
I was gonna make a "gorilla grunt", but I'm not sure how to spell that... ;)
They should call it Prim-five, right? Because Prim...eight...uh...
No?
Sorry.
Yea, but my thumb is opposible. Take that silly gorillas.
I lurve primates! I wanted to study then for a living over in Africa with good ol' primate expert Jane Goodall. I don't know what happened to that dream...
I read the first couple of instances as "pirate" not "primate." I was like, but wait, pirates aren't the only ones with... oh.
Ahh... evolution humor. Excellent.
Look at The Rooster, applying what she's read. Smart girl!
makes me feel like thumping my chest.
Oh, how cute! I remember when I first learned we were animals. I was much older, though.
My husband says I am like a monkey because I can use my feet almost as well as my hands. Too much information?
Hey! Who you calling monkey?...
(I love it when they make those connections. Great age.)
Good morning to you too. Now come here and let me pick some bugs out of your hair.
Dude.
You just totally blew her mind.
Huh. This must be why we refer to our son as "the little monkey."
Good afternoon, primate.
A tale about going Apesh*t.
(Bossy may not always make sense, but she's trying.)
Good morning to you, too!
Such a little sponge!
I take that as a compliment! :)
Good morning PriMate. :)
laughing. oh discovery.
and then...wait...she must mean I'M a primate too?!!?
way cool. :)
TAG!
I know, it's lame. Don't make me feel worse :P
SORRY!
Oh my god - I'm a primate too!
Its like an epidemic!
That child is criminally cute, like you didn't know!
I love genius kids
I don't think i am that prime no more
I love those moments when they get it. And the things that come out of their sweet little minds!
It's great being a primate, isn't it?!
yay for the brothersisterhood of all primates!
it would do us all a load of good if we kept remembering that we're all animals.
good for you for setting the foundation!
I'm a primate and so is my wife.
Well, uh, no, actually. I mean primates are monkeys and people are people and obviously since we were all created at the same time (give or take a day or so) and the earth only started about 5800 years ago. Well, you know, I mean that's just some sort of hoodoo gooroo crazy talk. Oh, love your blog, aside from the Godless heathenist stuff.--Sincerely, Mitt Romney
Oooh, oooh, oooh (scratches under each arm) to you too!
We always feel like there are a lot of monkey's around here... :)
CLNN
LOL. You must have enjoy your morning.
I always knew my son was a monkey! :)
And some of us are Playmates. Though not me.
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