Sorry Purple, I Pick Hippo

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By Swati Bharteey

Swati Bharteey has been a single working mother since 2003. She has twenty years of work experience in management consulting, and as a senior executive in corporate America. In January of 2009, Swati was due to move into a new role at her company, but decided to pursue her dream of writing a book about single working moms. Swati is forty-one and her little goose is eight.

Sorry Purple, I Pick Hippo

Posted on October 22, 2011

related tags: Giggles, Kids' Stuff

My daughter and I were out for a walk and she decided we had to play a game: "Mom, you must pick between one thing or the other...you MUST pick only one of the two." (Emphasized immediately, in case the rules were not clear.)

I nodded back, amused, already planning to multi-task in my head.

"Ok, what would you pick, Mom, Hippos or Purple? You can only have one and never have the other for the rest of your life! The. rest. of. your. life. Mom."

What? I was expecting "Hippo or Giraffe" and "Purple or Red." But Hippo vs. Purple?

I started to contemplate. Well purple is kind of like my favorite color, blue. And could I stand not to see a lavender plant ever again? But Hippos are so chubby and cute...and I will always look skinny next to one....and I do love Hippo and Dog singing Lion Sleeps Tonight on YouTube (a must see)...and what about grape popsicles? Could I do without dark purple eye shadow? Have you ever seen a hippo float? It's adorable (obvious from the photo above from vacation to Animal Kingdom this summer).

I did this for a good 12 minutes and my daughter never rushed me - this was a serious game.

In the end, I chose Hippo over Purple - (Purple, I want you to know that it was so close.)

My daughter paused and gave me a serious look, then a quick nod of her head to mark the solemn moment we just had.

I have a strange urge to draw a hippo, and color her purple; don't you?

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That's a wonderful story!

by nkegler on October 24, 2011

That's a wonderful story! Kids can ask some of the most interesting questions that make you ponder what most adults consider common. I would have chosen the hippo too; only because my favorite color is red and I love animals:)