Eve has a funny fixation on
birds. I think it’s a combination of two events from earlier
this summer. The first being when my dad hung a birdhouse on
the tree and I was explaining to Eve that the birds can go into
the little hole and build their nest. Then, at the 4th of July
party when Lex lost his balloon, Eve asked what would happen to
it and I made a comment about how maybe a bird would get it.
Now she seems to be fixated with birds. Not real birds, just
her birds. Whenever she sees a hole (including the one in my
pajama pants!) she says “for the birds to go in?” She is
convinced that a bird lives in a tiny hole in our bathroom
ceiling and she talks about the bird coming out and flying
around and taking things. We couldn’t find her milk cup
yesterday and she told me the bird took it. Where is the marker
cap? The bird took it. Hmm…. She also frequently talks about
the bird that took Lex’s balloon away and made him cry. We
didn’t actually see a bird, mind you, I just commented that
maybe a bird would get the balloon. She has a great
imagination!

Speaking of imaginations,
at nap time today she asked me to make the monster go away! I
said “what monster?” and she pointed to the corner of the room.
A few minutes later she pointed to the curtains tucked around
the AC unit and said “what’s that?” I explained, she looked
skeptical and said, “please just lay with me mommy.” :) So
sweet!! We never had monster issues with Lex, but maybe Eve’s
imagination will be a positive and negative. Or maybe she was
too young to watch Monster’s Inc.! She definitely has been
exposed to more media than he ever was at this age. They were
watching Wall-E yesterday while I made dinner and about five
minutes into the movie she came into the kitchen and told me it
was too scary for her. He watched for another 20 minutes while
she played in the kitchen with me.