What's your many?

We frequently ask the kids "How old are you?" They then either tell us their age or hold up their fingers to show how old they are. I guess over the past year, we have been asking Gillian "How many are you?" And she holds up her three little fingers. 

This past week was a big birthday week for our family, Grandma on Wednesday, Poppy on Thursday and Mommy on Friday. After telling the kids all about the birthdays, Gillian asked me "What's your many?" I told her how I was turning 35. Daddy joked "She's getting really old." John came to my defense and said "Hey, at least she is not 53!" That didn't satisfy Gillian. I had to show her how many I turning on my fingers. I cheated and held up one hand with three fingers and five fingers on the other hand. She seemed satisfied. Just be warned. If Gillian asks you "What's your many?" She really wants to know "How old are you?"

Age

In the car on the way home tonight, Gillian tried to tell John and I that she was 7 years old. John said "Gill, you are three. I'm six. And when I'm seven then you will be four. And when I'm eight, then you will be five." Gillian continued to argue with him while he was talking "No, I'm six. You not six, I six." she said. John was doing a great job with telling Gillian how old she would be and hold old he would be. So I asked him "John, how old will you be with Gillian is 10?" I stumped him. He didn't know how to respond. I asked him "How old are you?" He said "Six!" "How old is Gillian?" He said "Three!" I then asked him "What is six take away three?" He thought for a little bit and then said "Three!" "That's right. You are three years older than Gillian. Now think about it, how old will you be if Gillian is 10?" He counted to ten then added three more and yelled "Thirteen! I'll be thirteen! That was hard! I had to use all my fingers and then three more!" Love our little math lesson in the car tonight.