You don't want to go to the fishy museum, to see Spiderman on the IMAX screen, or to play at the beach?

Amy had strange behavior today. During my yoga/babysitter session this morning, I mentally crafted what I thought would be a fabulous Mommy/Amy day. I created a day in my mind where after yoga, Amy and Mommy would go to an oceanfront al fresco lunch spot, play in the sand or on the boardwalk, and then go on to the Virginia Marine Science Museum. There, we would stroll through the ceiling high fish tanks, shark tanks and the outdoor harbour seal tank until it was time to watch Spiderman 3 on the ultra-big screen. I was so excited, I could barely keep my balance in the standing poses.

So when I got home and announced my plans for us, she said, "no beach". "No fishy museum". "No Spi-ha-man". My perception of her accuracy in answering is clouded by the fact that she only recently learned to articulate yes and no, and has had some errors along the learning curve. So in my mind we were still going to the beach, the fishy museum and to Spiderman.

Then she said, clear as day, "Amy stay home", and I realized this was no mixup of negative vs. affirmative. So, I didn't get to see Spiderman, and instead played on the deck with plastic food halves, held together loosely by velcro, which are part of a toy grill-set.