Elsie-ology: sometimes a monkey is just a monkey
Interpretation of Dreams: Over the weekend, upon waking up, we asked Elsie how she slept and if she had any dreams. Friday night she told us she dreamed about monkeys. Saturday night she dreamed about naked babies. What would Freud make of that?
Conflict Mediation: Whenever Daddy raises his voice about work, about the world, or about his wife, Elsie becomes very agitated and tells Daddy "shhhhh go night night, Daddy. Go to bed. You tired. Go night night." She is doing wonders for our marriage.
Diagnosing Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: One day Elsie got dirty on the playground. She had to ride in her stroller that way and I told her it was ok that kids got dirty sometime. She asked if Daddy got dirty when he was little. I answered yes. She then asked about everyone she knew--Nonie, Grammy, Johnny.... Oscar, Rocky.... It provided her some solace, I think, to imagine all these dirty babies running around.
Facing One's Fears: So, Elsie has never really liked people dressed up in big costumes--Jake at Salty Dog, clowns, Santa. And there may be some wisdom in such phobias... But this weekend Elsie overcame that one with a vengeance at the Savannah Children's Book Festival. There she got to hug Arthur, Corduroy, and that literary great, the Chick-fil-a cow. She wanted to hug Stellaluna the bat even--but Stellaluna must have been having a bad day and didn't get that being at a children's festival in costume meant hugging was part of the job. We'll see how this carries over at the Wiggles show tonight and seeing Santa at the Salty Dog next week...
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Thursday, November 06, 2008
One Day...
So Elsie is a devoted reader. Many times a day, she gathers up a pile of books and climbs into a chair, a bed, a box, whatever is handy and begins reading. She reads her books or my books. She often incorporates the words she's heard us use with the pictures she is seeing in her books. She also incorporate aspects of her own day in her books. The books vary, but one aspect of the story remains the same: As she turns the page, she begins "one day...." So here is a transcription of a book of mine, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, which she was "reading" in bed this morning:
"One day.... lots of words.
One day... monster came.
One day... hungry.
One day... eat pancake.
One day... stick sticky.
One day... coughing.
One day... night night.
The End."
So Elsie is a devoted reader. Many times a day, she gathers up a pile of books and climbs into a chair, a bed, a box, whatever is handy and begins reading. She reads her books or my books. She often incorporates the words she's heard us use with the pictures she is seeing in her books. She also incorporate aspects of her own day in her books. The books vary, but one aspect of the story remains the same: As she turns the page, she begins "one day...." So here is a transcription of a book of mine, People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks, which she was "reading" in bed this morning:
"One day.... lots of words.
One day... monster came.
One day... hungry.
One day... eat pancake.
One day... stick sticky.
One day... coughing.
One day... night night.
The End."
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Happy Halloween, Part III: Trick or Treat!
Elsie enjoyed
Halloween as a celebrity. She was actually followed by paparazzi when we went "trick or treating" over at Bluff Drive--people stopped us to admire her costume and asked to take her picture. We owe the Pace family for this moment in the limelight as Emma Pace was gracious enough to loan this most excellent Raggedy Ann creation handmade by Emma's Grandma Pace.
Elsie enjoyed
Halloween as a celebrity. She was actually followed by paparazzi when we went "trick or treating" over at Bluff Drive--people stopped us to admire her costume and asked to take her picture. We owe the Pace family for this moment in the limelight as Emma Pace was gracious enough to loan this most excellent Raggedy Ann creation handmade by Emma's Grandma Pace.
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