A 19-month-old perspective
21 July 2009
On Sunday, we took McKenna to Deanna Rose Farmstead, which is an amazing, free petting zoo with gardens, playgrounds, and all kinds of fun activities for kids. McKenna’s 19-months-old, and I think it’s about the happiest she’s ever been in her little life. She’d run up to all the animals and say, “Hi!” Sometimes she’d make their noise too. “Hi! Baa!” She wasn’t keen on feeding the animals, but she loved being in the pen with the baby goats and petting them. (Then the problem was she wanted to go into all the animal pens.)
There’s something really magical about doing things like that with a toddler, about experiencing cows and chickens through their eyes. I recognize that it’s necessary to grow out of the everything-is-fascinating stage. I can only imagine how little work I’d get done if I behaved like McKenna at my desk. I think my internal monologue would go something like this. “A pen! Look, a pen! Can I get the top off? No. But what a cool sound it makes when I bang it against the desk! Or when I bang it against the wall! Or when— Ooh, a fan! Look at the fan!” And so on.
But it’s nice, for an afternoon, to get into that mindset and make a fuss over every baby goat, chicken, and blade of grass you see.
In other news, Edgy Christian Fiction Lovers is featuring Me, Just Different right now. On the left, you’ll find a blurb about the book along with a review by Michelle Sutton.
Happy Tuesday, everyone!
Comments
SEVEN months? Now that’s just mean…
Posted by Stephanie on 21 July 2009
Lol, I agree. I have a 2 year old niece that was up and running at 7 months. She wanted to get into everything! And it didn’t help that I had the pretty colored shoes and accessories that she likes. She would try to put on my heels and run around in them, hilarious. Enjoy the time you have with her now because she’ll be talking soon asking why to everything, lol.
Posted by Michelle on 21 July 2009