We often will mention to Lilly things like, “but we know magic isn’t real, right Lilly.” or “or course there are no such thing as real monsters.” while shaking our head no and looking into her eyes.
Recently, out of nowhere, Lilly said to me, very confidently, “Daddy, evil step-mothers not real. Right Daddy?”. I know, how crazy cute is that. Even cuter that she pronounces “mothers” as “mudders” still. : )
I had a nice talk with her and carefully explained things to her at an age appropriate level. She was good to go… until…
Even more recently she looked at Christina and said, even more confidently, “Ok Mommy… but I know bears are not real.”
Takeaways: 1) Kiddos really need us. 2) We forget how much they are observing and figuring out. 3) Kiddos really really need us 4) Kiddos are crazy cute and 5) What you are doing really, really, really matters.