Gun too Uslind
I now present to you a conversation illustrating some of the differences of my very wild and illogical daughter and my very serious and thoughtful son.
Anja hands me the above letter and declares she is going to Iceland.
Mom: How are you going to get to Iceland?
Anja: Probably an airplane, though.
Mom: How are you going to pay for it?
Anja: I’m going to get all my money and I’m going to go pay for it on the boat.
Isak: How are you going to get to the ocean without a car?
Anja: I’ll ride my bike and take it on the boat.
Isak: And what if you don’t have enough money?
Anja: I will. I’m going to bring all my money. Member? I want to go back to Iceland. Member? Cause me and you went to the store all by ourself, and we bought those things that light up? Member? That’s why I want to go back to Iceland. You want to go back with me, Isak?
Me: How long are you going to be gone?
Anja: I’m going to come back home, don’t worry. I’m going to come back home in 15 days.
Isak: Where will we live?
Anja: At Amma and Afi’s.
Isak: Well, how will they find us?
Anja: We’ll go to their house, because I remember. I remember their kitchen and their yard.
Isak: And how will you get so far from the airport?
Anja: I’m not going to the airport. I’m going at the boat, and I’m going to ride my bicycle. [duh!]
Isak: What if it falls off the boat?
Anja: I’m going to go inside the boat. And I’m going to hold my bike.
Isak: What if it’s not a regular boat? What if it’s a speedboat? Without a top?
Anja: I’m going to take it, then I’m going to the airport.
Isak: And what if you don’t have enough money? Cause it’s usually, like, 100. [no currency specified, just "100".]
Anja: I’m going to spend all my money because I’m going to bring my piggy bank. You wanna come with me? To buy those lightup things?
Isak: Nah, because how will we even know which house is Amma’s?
Anja: I know which house is Amma’s.
Isak: But how will you know what street she’s on?
Anja: Because remember that playground that’s just across the street?
Isak: But what if we can’t find the playground?
Anja: We will.
Isak: But what if we can’t?
Anja: We’re taking our bikes.
Isak: But what if we can’t get there on our bikes?
And to that, Anja had no answer but moved just as quickly onto the next conversation involving what structure they would build with their Tinkertoys next.
Helen
What is Anja on? You could bottle it and sell it for quite a profit me thinks. Her mind seems to exploding at a 100kms/hr and in every direction possible.
Dan
Nice picture, it says alot about Anja.
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