eleven eleven

This morning my little girl and I were hanging out in our favourite place, bed!  We were having some cuddle time, some play time and some chat time.  She noted the time, according to the digital clock, as she was very preoccupied with getting to the park at a specific time, to meet her friend.  That led to a comment about how funny it would be when the clock said 7 11! Then she made a knock knock joke out of it.  Which happens a lot these days.  It made as little sense as most of them do.

So then I told her that when it was 11 11, she could make a wish! That little bit of information led to the following delightful conversation.

"you can make a wish too!  then we will have two wishes"

I certainly can

"I know what I'm going to wish for, do you?" slight pause "I can tell you what I'm going to wish for because you probably already know, so it's ok!"

yes it's ok

"I would wish for it to be 12 after 2 so we could go to the park" (except of course she meant between 12 and 2, since that is when her friend was due to be at the park, between.  She had it a bit jumbled)

That's a good wish.  I know you are excited. (and for the record, even though I ended up at a birth, her most awesome brother did take her to the park around noon and they were still there when I got home)

"I have a good idea mom!  when I am done school I can have a store!  I can call it 11 11 and people can come and buy wish things"

that is an excellent idea, what would they be able to buy?

eyes wide and sparkling "oh! wishing things!"

(I can see I need to help), like fairy dust?

"OH Yes! fairy dust"

and unicorns?

"Yes, but not real ones, just stuffies"

definitely not real ones, and 4 leaf clovers?

"4 leaf clovers!, but they are hard to find, so we might have to make them.  And those white dandelions that are fluffy.  I would have to be very careful getting them to the store (puts her little hand around the pretend dandelion she is holding). OH and clocks, when I am all done school I will get all the clocks and have them at my store.  And I will give the clocks away for free, so that anytime a person wants to make a wish, they can wish on 11 11 and then they will want to come to my store and buy more wishes!"

WHAT?  has my 6 year old just come up with a marketing plan?  That involves a lost leader concept?  is she actually going to rule the world one day?  :)  Love it.

We babble on about the limitless possibilites of a store called 11 11 and then she decides it's high time we got up and made cookies, or woke up her brother or you know, something!!

So if you ever come across a store called 11 11 (you know in about 12 years, because she does plan on finishing high school before starting her empire), be sure to stop in and say hi to the little girl who believes in fairy dust and fluffy dandelions <3