Lauren is Rosie

Rosie is a character on the Caillou TV show. She is the younger sister that wants to do and repeats whatever her older brother says and does. This describes Lauren completely. Today Rachel asked for a v.g. after school. Rachel likes to say just the first letter of each word as a code so Lauren wont understand. V.G was for valentine gummy (left over candy). Lauren understood that Rachel was asking for something good and said, "I want a v.g. too". I asked Lauren, "What is a v.g?" She said, "It is what Rachel wants". So Rachel was allowed to have a v.g. if she gave half to Lauren. Both were happy.

Then since it was a beautiful summer day, I said they could have a Popsicle. I cut a Popsicle in the middle and they each get one half. Rachel doesn't like the Popsicle ice part, only the "juice" as she calls it. So Rachel often asks for the smaller side. Lauren, on the other hand, loves the entire Popsicle. But today when Rachel asked for the small one, Lauren wanted the small one too. No amount of explaining that she likes Popsicles and should want the bigger side would work. Rachel wanted the small one so Lauren wanted the small one. I actually had to take a bite for Lauren to be happy.