Tessa’s 4th birthday was on Wednesday. On Monday, she came to me and told me that she knew one of ther birthday presents was a “boincy ball” (a hop-on ball). I asked her how she knew and she said, “I saw it in a bag.” Now, I was pretty confident that the little one had not actually infiltrated my hiding place, but her comment did shake my confidence a bit, since the ball in question was indeed still inside a Toys R Us bag.
“Where did you see it?” I asked. “In here,” she replied, pointing to her head. “Huh?” I said. “I have noga* powers,” she explained. Then, it hit me. She and Bridget had been watching “Escape From Witch Mountain” the night before. This old 70s gem revolves around a brother and sister who have telepathic and telekinetic powers. The sister closes her eyes and puts her hands at her temples when she’s communicating with her brother or having a psychic vision. My little tot was just using her imagination. Or maybe she really does have noga powers. She was right about the present, after all . . .
* noga means “many or a lot” in Russian.
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