Kids love looking through old photos. Photos of them when they were little, photos of summer holidays by the sea, photos of their parents' wedding, basically anything. They can spend hours looking and asking about the stories behind the snap. My 5 year old is no different.
Last night, we went through an album with photos of me and my husband. The photos stretched over a whole decade. You see I made it for my husband on our tenth wedding anniversary. Cute hey!
She loved looking at the pictures. So did I. (How I have aged in the last decade!!!!!).
However rather than asking the stories, in this particular album, my little one played a game. A bit like spot the difference. She pointed at each picture of me and said "fake hair" or "real hair".
She went through this exercise like you would identify red or yellow cars on the motorway. Very matter of fact and without any emotion. It was just a game like any other. Spot the difference.
She immediately recognised which photo was taken before alopecia and which ones after, namely when I was wearing a wig. 100% accuracy.
I am not sure what I made of this little game, but it was amazing to see how little kids look at things and articulate what they see. In a simple and obvious way. Quite beautiful really.
When do we lose this skill? When do filters kick in? Its a shame somehow. Kind of boring really. I could never imagine an adult playing this game out loud! If they did I wonder how I would have reacted!!!
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