Third Culture Kid(s)

There’s a line in Toy Story - and, believe me, I know them all - where Woody is trying to get Buzz away from Hannah’s tea party after Buzz finds out he’s just a toy. Buzz, having gotten drunk on the tea and wearing his natty hat and apron, shouts at Woody, “Don’t you get it? I am Mrs. Nesbit.”

M. was watching MM “playing” with C. the other day, and observed that C. is destined to be her Mrs. Nesbit. And it’s true. Right now she’s tucking him into his bouncy seat and telling him how to play with the little bear she’s given him, and this is after she was trying out various hats on him (until I yelled at her to stop…I’m such a mean Mommy).

Poor, poor Mrs. Nesbit. And he’ll probably go along with it, too - even Buzz says “Tell me the hat looked good.”