Lil-lil's efforts to pick-up a friend do make me chuckle though. Watching her can sometimes remind me of a desperate guy in a nightclub, she prowls and pick her target and then uses one of her tried and true pick-up methods. Yesterday, there was just one other little girl at the park who definitely wasn't looking for a playmate, but that wasn't going to deter our Lil-lil.
Her first tactic was to casually play near the other girl and then look up surprised: "Oh hello! Do you want to play with me?" The other girl scurried away.
Not to be deterred Lil-lil ran up and introduced herself and said 'Let's play!' The girl ran away again.
Lil-lil started to look confused. Like, is she crazy, how could she not want to play?!
This time she sat next to the girl and said: "I don't have anyone to play with". Yet again, the girl ran away.
So, Lil-lil pulled out the big guns and circled the girl and cried loudly: "I'm so sad, I don't have anyone to play with" repeatedly. Nope, no response again.
Lil-lil ran back to me and slumped on the ground. "No-one wants to play with me." She truly can't understand that someone won't fall under her spell. I had to explain that sometimes there are going to be people who won't want to play, they just want to be by themselves. She looked at me like I was insane.
At that moment, one of her mates arrived and she was off in a bubble of giggles. The playground pick-up attempt all forgotten.
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hilarious rin! Ahhh...the life of a fun time party girl!! I like her style...and persistance!x
ReplyDeleteI love that playground persistence -- it will serve her well in life! : )
ReplyDeleteI was much like Lil-lil when I was a kid. It wasn't until I grew up, I understood why people like their alone time. Now I can't have that without people thinking I'm insane! Haha.
ReplyDeleteI was like that as a child too. I distinctly remember episodes just like this. I also went through a phase of bribing kids to play with me, by keeping a bunch of feathers from my grandparents budgies in my pockets, which I would give to kids who would agree to play with me. I cringe at the thought now!
ReplyDeleteThat is SO cute. My friends have often referred to my Angus as a drunk guy in a pub, leaning and cuddling all the girls, hehe.
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to explain to them at that age, the world is such an innocent place, where everything is black & white.
So cute! She'll no doubt have a lot of friends and be a great person to hang out with when she's older! Thanks for following my blog. Love keeping up with your adventures x
ReplyDeleteAwwww that is so cute! My little one was the same as yours at that age. Heartbreaking to watch their attempts get rebuffed isn't it! But thankfully with such a personality your little Lil-lil will always be surrounded by mate!
ReplyDeleteOh my goodness that was a pleasure to read. LOVE the faux surprise ... "Oh! Did you want to play with me?"
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