Yes, it’s been a long time coming; we were beginning to think that perhaps our yard would dry up and blow away! But thankfully now it is raining and we are all happy about it, especially Monkey!
When I picked her up at daycare yesterday she held her baby doll, Baby, (imaginative name, I know) up to the windshield and said, “Look Baby, its more rain!” More rain being the expression she uses for any rain or water drops on the inside of her water bottle. Basically any type of moisture that arrives in drops can be classified by Monkey as “more rain”. She was holding Baby up and showing her out each window. She’s a good “mommy”.
I love the way that she is beginning to really have active imaginary play. And it is very imaginative…
She plays with Baby and feeds her play dough, this is messy but Baby needs to “eat all” according to Monkey. Could be worse, she could be feeding her ice cream! Or the chunks of chocolate chips she spits out of her chocolate chip ice cream. She won’t touch vanilla and doesn’t listen when I tell her that chocolate chip ice cream is still just vanilla if you don’t eat the chips! Apparently chocolate chip ice cream has a better vanilla base?
If Baby misbehaves like not eating her dinner she’ll have to ride in the trunk. I have NEVER put Monkey in the trunk nor have I ever even mentioned that I felt it was an appropriate place for her to ride when she’s screaming like a banshee! Not sure where that one came from…
Baby goes “horsey ride” with Monkey, she’ll hold baby to her chest facing out and then tell me “tie on?” while handing me a sheet; I assume she saw this at church? Not many baby carrying people at school or on the ride to and fro; especially tied on them with a sheet. It really tickled me that she felt so strongly about Baby’s safety, at least while on the horse. When she tires of Baby she will grab her by the head or neck and lay her down, not so gently…"Baby sit nice..."
She also has the idea that people who talk to me on the phone in the car can somehow magically see things she holds in front of the radio. She leans over to speak into the gear shifter which she told me is the “talker”. The radio is the “shower.” Not shower as in getting clean but show-er as in showing. I’ve looked in my car manual and not found a talker or show-er, they must be there though, Monkey says so. Maybe one day I’ll ask the Toyota people…
This morning she wanted to bring the flashlight with us so I let her, can’t hurt…right? Baby got a very comprehensive check-up on the way to daycare, and then Monkey got one, finally it was my turn “Say AHHHHHH” not good when you’re driving, but still funny! That Monkey cracks me up!
I would love to be able to see the world through Monkey’s eyes for a bit, know what she thinks about different things, like putting wads of paper down the “all gone”. The all gone is any type of place you can put things and they are “all gone”. Typically A/C vents, storm drains, holes she kicked in the dry wall…you know, All Gones…And so at night I hear Monkey upstairs talking to Baby, “Look Baby, it’s all gone, don’t you dare, home depot, bubble baby doctor!” Makes me smile, hope it makes you smile too!
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