A few of my favourite things

[thestoryofdarcy]

It's funny how, as adults, we always seem to try to find common ground with other people through our favourites. We do it in friending memes online, we do it in random surveys online, I've found 30-day posting challenges that are purely all about favourites - I've even bookmarked it for future posting ideas.

It's not just an online phenomenom either, we do it in the office when new people start and I've had people start a conversation with me because of a t-shirt I'm wearing or a particular toy I pick up.

What's your favourite book? Your favourite movie? Your favourite TV show? Your favourite food? Your favourite drink? Your favourite animal? Your favourite singer, band or song? Your favourite pasttime? Your favourite colour?

I get that it's an easy starting point; do I have anything in common with this person, some starting point to initiate contact and conversation.

I don't remember doing it as a child, although I do remember my teens were awful because I had nothing in common with the kids I went to school with.

I'm noticing recently that Frankie is starting to develop favourites - clothing she has an affinity for, preferred toys and games to play, books to read, songs to sing and she's got a firm favourite colour. She absolutely adores anything that's light blue. She always wants to wear light blue clothes, she draws with light blue, she's got a light blue teddy bear that goes everywhere. I think when she upgrades to a toddler bed in a few months, we're going to be decorating her bedroom light blue.

I don't know where she gets it from. Rob's favourite colours are black and red. Mine are green, yellow and silver. But whatever the cause, I am loving watching this little girl's personality develop and grow.

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[mtbc]

I strongly suspect that my children's personalities were set by the time they came out! It's been interesting to see how different they are in some ways given similar upbringing.

I discovered early in college that children's television was a popular topic of common reference for new undergraduates.

An awkward aspect of my life as-is is that, at least regarding more active pursuits, what I'd be interested to do and what I actually do don't greatly intersect: those favorites might have little to do with my current life!

[cmcmck]

Favourite book?

Chaucer's Tales of Canterbury in the original Middle English.

Film?

Powell & Pressburger;s: 'A Canterbury Tale' (if you are noticing a theme here, I went to uni in Canterbury and lived some years there).

TV show?

Anything involving wildlife.

Food?

Italian

Animal? The badger- it's my spirit animal too.

Singer?

So many, but if I had to choose just one, Robin Williamson so by extension the Incredible String Band and their song 'October Song'.

Pastime?

Again, if just one, photography

Colour?

Any shade of blue

[notasupervillain]

Somehow, the fact that children develop their own personalities - the fact that even babies have distinct personalities! - is a source of wonder to me.

[thestoryofdarcy]

It still amazes me. I was somehow expecting this miniature version of either me or Rob and she's this whole other person, and she expresses her likes and her dislikes and she's stubborn and she loves to make people laugh. It's kind of incredible and I can't wait to see what happens when she's older and has the vocab and means to express herself properly.