Since her 18-month-day is a pretty big mark, the next few posts will be about things that Eden likes to do at 18 months of age. We just want to remember how she is these days.
Our den/dining room area is Eden's "safe" room in the house. We can close the doors to the bedrooms, kitchen, and bathroom {although the door to her room doesn't really close all the way}, and E ends up having a pretty big space that is baby-proofed to play in. Now, there are of course things like chairs and a couch that can be considered dangerous to a point, but for the most part it's her zone.
When we leave her zone to put things away and notice that it has gotten very quiet where she is, there are generally two answers to what's going on ... 1) she has gotten into something we didn't realize was in there or 2) {and the more likely answer} she's sitting in front of her shelves with all her books around her ...
She also loves her toy-shape-cube {can't think of what that's called} and has easily mastered the circle. Actually, it's the only one she uses. She just puts the circle through it's hole, opens up the cube, picks out the circle from the other shapes, and starts over. Pretty cute.
If you happen to enter the room after she has spent some time "reading" through her books on her own, you better be sitting down cross-legged on the floor because she's coming your way ..
She'll bring a book over, turn around backwards and plant herself in your lap to read. Everytime she does, I think there should be a truck-backin-up noise {you know the beep - beep - beep - beep} since it seems like she's backing in in slow motion to her correct spot. Then, she'll read her book with you, get up to go get another one, and repeat.
We do still make an effort to put things back on the shelves each night after she goes to sleep. Maybe that makes if more fun for her to discover again each day {or maybe it just helps to keep her Daddy sane}.
- ashley
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