A Bear!

So, I am loving the fact that my daughter is sprouting an imagination. Random objects can be anything she likes. A tin lid full of little plastic letters? A plate of candy, of course! An empty hand, just pulled out of an empty bucket? Hello - she's trying to hand you popcorn!

The other day, though, she passed a new milestone. She was eating a rice cake while I nursed Siu Jeun. (If you live near a Stew Leonard's, PLEASE, for the love of all that is tasty, go get yourself a pack of house-made rice cakes. OM NOM NOM) Suddenly, she exclaimed, "Mama! A bear!"

I turned around, and sure enough - there was a bear in her hand.

(Please, humor me - squint a little.)


Can you see two ears, an arm, two legs? I was seriously impressed that she would even notice that! No, she didn't make it on purpose...but she did stop and inspect her food and say, hey! It looks like a bear!

Next step - finding unicorns in the clouds.