Bologna Art & Carpet Angels

I mentioned in an earlier post that Danielle is able to sort everything into a Daddy, Mommy, & Baby category. From food to stuffed animals, everything can be filed this way. It takes her forever to eat spaghetti because she's so busy lining all the "family groups" up. She has now progressed from making daddies, mommies, and babies out of her bologna to creating animal shapes.

For example, today at lunch she ate some of her bologna and declared the half eaten piece to be a bat (for which I had to make eyes and a mouth). She ate another bite and it became a pig. (Actually, it really did look like a pig.) A couple more bites and it became a bird. Another bite and it became a fish. She ate another bite and had a teeny tiny piece left. She declared the remaining piece a tadpole before popping it in her mouth. Such an imagination. She asked for another piece, so I gave her half a piece from Tyler's uneaten sandwich. That started out as a manatee. After a few bites it became a "flying bird with a arm". (Not sure what that's supposed to mean.) Another bite and a little rip and it became a "bird that pulled apart". She stuck the pieces back together and declared it a parrot - as pictured. Do you have any idea how long it takes us to get through a meal?!!


They installed the carpet at our new house today. It's lighter than I remembered, but it looks really nice. Everything is finally coming together and the end is in sight! As you can see, the kids LOVE all the space!! They also enjoyed making carpet angels (Tyler's idea, Danielle's angel).