So, when my nephew visited us in San Francisco last year, a point came when I gave both boys a new Matchbox car. (We have hundreds, as other Moms, especially of boys, but even of girls [I was a Hotwheels/Matchbox girl as a child], may understand.) Upon returning home, my nephew forgot his car. On, no! Or at least it was a major "oh, no!" in the eyes of the then two year old Matthew. Every time he sorts cars or lines them up (a majorly fun pastime), he spots that one and informs us that it is "Alex's car." We've offered/suggested many times that we should send it back to him in the mail. (Not that Alex cares. He doesn't even know he left it. He's not "into" cars the way Matthew is.) But, no. We had to keep it, even though it bothered us that it was Alex's.
The other day when lining up cars, however, he suddenly realized that he has a car just like the one Alex left - just a different color. His is red; the other is purple.
That settled it.
He does not want two.
Now we need to send it back.
I said okay.
"Maybe we need to send it to him in an email," he tells me.
Out of the mouths of babes. =)
My daughter (6 y.o.) and I were watching Brother Bear a while ago. We own Brother Bear 2 so had to rent Brother Bear so she could remember the story of why he's a bear and how Koda is his 'brother'. In the movie they keep talking about the Great Spirits, and ancestors. Towards the end of the movie a male spirit reveals his true form and my daughter looks at me and says Is he an ancestor or an an-brother?
I about died! =)) Good question though. ^_~