What we see, and what Jane sees...

The other night we went to an ice cream tasting party at my sister's house. Have you ever had avocado ice cream? Me neither... I don't much care for avocados. But apparently it was tasty, as were the other 4 flavors of homemade ice creams we sampled: Buttermilk Cherry, Blood Orange Sorbet, Lavender Honey, and some super-duper-weapons-grade chocolate. Very fun party idea!

As we were driving home Jane saw the Daybreak temple. She excitedly yelled out "Daddy, daddy look - a castle!" Em tells me they've had this discussion a lot, and then reminded Jane that it's a temple. So, for the next 10 minutes, every building we pass is a temple; a church (close), a rec center (not so close), Arctic Circle (definitely not). Then we drove past the Jordan River temple, which prompted the following exchange:

Jane: "Mommy, daddy, look! Another temple!!!"
Me: "You're right, Jane, that one is a temple."
Jane: "Yeah, and that one has a soap on it."
Me: "..."
Em: "What Jane?"
Jane: "That temple has a soap on top of it!"
Me (glancing at Em): "Huh?"
Em (shrugs): "That's nice, Jane."
Jane (frustrated): "See the soap on it?"

At this point, I finally realized that there was a fundamental difference between what she was seeing, and what we were seeing. You see, here is what I was seeing:


but here is what Jane was seeing:



It's all a matter of perspective, really. And a limited vocabulary.

While we're at it, here are a couple of other funny Janerisms:

- Referencing an apparently offensive geometric melon:

"This cantaloupe is a triangle and it's making me nervous!"

- Looking at some mushrooms growing in TBY (oh how I hates it):

"Look Mom, there are marshmallows growing up in the grass!"