April 17: Andrew’s already extensive imagination has bloomed in a new area…animals are living in our house. The other day, Andrew walked into his room, stopped and whispered, “Look! A trunk!” Sure enough. There was an elephant in the closet. His trunk had been sticking out. And he helped Andrew pick out his clothes for the day.
Another time, again in his room, Andrew looked at his bed and his eyes grew round. “A horn!” he exclaimed in reverent wonder. There on his bed was a sleeping deer with a beautiful glowing horn. Andrew and Bryan approached the dreaming creature and carefully pet it while it slumbered.
Soon after, Andrew was walking down the hall when he stopped short, pointed ahead, and cried, “Look, it’s a HUMP!” Turns out that a camel was hanging out.
Just now, Bryan told me that upon walking into the sunroom Andrew said, “Uh oh, this is a really scary one. Tiger.” Bryan said he was afraid of it, so Andrew kicked it up to the moon.
Oh, and the other morning Andrew informed us that there was a T-Rex, a dragon, and an elephant in his room. “That must be pretty crowded!” I said. “Well, Mommy,” Andrew replied, “The T-Rex is alseep on my bed, and the elephant’s in the closet.” Apparently they’ve all got it figured out. What a kid!