Yours, Harry's and, well..

...Harry's

With Harry's vocabulary growing daily, we sometimes take for granted just how much he does or doesn't understand. Today, both Harry and Skip received stuffed Hermies from friends at church, and instinctively, I wrote their names on the labels of the identical critters, knowing, that it was almost certain that issues would arise the first time one was lost or misplaced.

A few hours ago, Harry noticed that Sabaka was happily licking one of them as he does all his stuffed toys. "Bad boy Sabaka" is what Harry said as he retrieved the somewhat moist pet. "This Harrys". He then came to show me the evidence. "Whose is it Harry?" I asked. "Check the name on the bottom. Is it yours or Skips?" Confidently, he turned the caterpillar over, and showed me the label bearing his name: "Look at 'dis. YOURS"

Since Harry generally refers to himself as Harry (not "me" or "I" ) I figured this was a golden opportunity to to work on possessive nouns, I pointed to his airplane fork that he MUST use at meal time, and asked "Whose is this? "Yours" he tried to reply, but I explained he should say "mine". I then proceeded to point to several of his items as I asked who they belonged to, and each time he replied "mine". Finally, Mike pointed to the last pancake on his own plate and said, "but whose is this?" to which Harry replied with a smile. "Mine". Yep, I taught him too well!