DAILY SNACK

Every night before bed,

Irene and I look out her bedroom window and say goodnight.

“Good night cars, good night trucks.

Good night Dundas Street.”

So it isn’t entirely surprising that the other day,

Wow, not quite 15 months old and already she knows the name of her street.

What a genius.

Then last night,

While we were downtown,

She pointed at Bloor Street and said, “Dundas.”

Again, on the way home,

She pointed out the car window and clear as a bell said, “Dundas.”

So she thinks all streets are called Dundas.

Oh.

3 Responses to “A Street By Any Other Name”

1. Amy Lavender Harris says:

   January 21, 2010 at 11:17 am

   If you haven’t seen it already, a book Irene might like is Night Cars, written by the late, loved Canadian author Matt Cohen under the pseudonym Teddy Jam. I’ve got a board edition, published by Groundwood Books in 2006, and am sure the Annette St. library should have a copy or two. It’s set in Toronto, in an apartment overlooking (I believe) Bloor Street. The setting is very much like Dundas, so she might enjoy it.

   K does the same thing with categories. All mammals with four feet are “cat” and all motorized vehicles (except buses) are “car.”

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   rebecca Reply:
   January 21st, 2010 at 12:20 pm

   You know, I think Colum and I may have taken that out of the library once. I think Irene would really like it. Thanks for the recommendation!

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2. jules says:

   January 21, 2010 at 1:44 pm

   similarly, Evan thinks all animals say “woof woof”!

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