So sad....yet so funny

Satvinder got this Littlest Petshop pony (which she named "Lips") from her friends, Sat Darshan and Nirankaar. The pony comes with a special code that you can enter at the Littlest Petshop's website to "bring your cuddly Virtual Interactive Pet (VIP) to life in the virtual VIPs World!" - you can play games, I guess, with an online version of your pet.

Satvinder was REALLY excited to go to the website. She hopped and bounced and begged and pleaded PLEASE NOW NOW NOW NOW can we do it NOW. Please now.

So finally we did it and she was all smiles, getting on the website, clickety click, with Lips the pony by her side.

THEN...
She came into my office with a big frown and THREW Lips the pony on the ground. "They were WRONG!!!" she yelled. It was then that I realized that all the excitement had been because she thought this process would bring Lips the pony "to life" ...for real.

OH. Right. Kids takes things LITERALLY.

She's made her peace with the non-living Lips - back to loving Lips for what he is. Back to wondering why the adult world can't just say what we mean and mean what we say.