In the meantime, I'll tell you what happened when BSM had a friend and his sister over today. The kids decided they wanted to color, so I got out my ever-popular "Here are 5 Basic Shapes I Drew in Word; I'll Print it Out; You Color Them in and Cut Them out". This is a tried and true crowd pleaser for the 4-year-old set, and sure enough BSM and his friend were quite excited.
BSM's friend's 9-year-old sister, on the other hand, was less thrilled. Not shocking. I told her I'd print her a different picture: just tell me what she wanted. (Oh, the magic of the internet!) It took some figuring out before she realized that she could name any subject and I'd give her a relevant coloring sheet, but she got there in the end. "Elokiti," she declared. אלוקיתי? I wondered, taken off guard. Of, like, or pertaining to Elokim, a.k.a. G-d??? At a loss, I reverted to my usual strategy: keep talking, using other words. "Um... like something from the Torah? You want a picture from the weekly parsha or something?" Friend's sister gave me an odd look. "No..." She took care to enunciate really well this time, "Ello. Keety." Well, duh. She was quite pleased with Google's selection, and chose a picture of a swing-set with Hello Kitty.
