This post so isn’t going where you think..
So about a year or so ago Grant had an imaginary friend “Doobie”. I have no idea where he got this name. The only information we got about Doobie was that he lived on Mountain Lilypad and that his mom’s name was Doobie and his dad’s name was Doobie and that he was Grant’s best friend. I got asked to schedule playdates with Doobie and when I explained that I didn’t know where Doobie lived Grant would tell me “on Mountain Lilypad”. Then I’d tell him but I don’t know his mom and I’d get “his mom is named Doobie” and I’d try explaining yes but I don’t know where to find them.. “on mountain lilypad” (you get the picture). I realized yesterday that I hadn’t heard Grant mention Doobie in like 6 months so I thought I’d ask him about his old friend. He told me “Oh. He died” Apparently the cause of death was from eating too many bubbles in the bath. This morning I asked again about Doobie, wondering if we were going to have “what dying means” conversation. After I told him that when things die they can’t come back he decided he was just joking about Doobie dying.. but he did get really sick and have a tummy ache from eating too many bubbles. So.. have no fear.. Doobie lives.
On Saturday after Henry’s nap I picked him up and he was pointing to his monkey picture above his crib saying “Kiki”. I did this series of paintings for Henry’s room and they’ve been there since he was born. His crib sits in the center of them below the Turtle and Giraffe.
So after realizing he was trying to say Monkey we practiced it for a little bit and then I moved on to having him name the other animals…
"Tur-toe”
“Jaff”
“Boobies”
Wait? what!? He looked at me.. patted my chest and said “Boobies” again and pointed back to the Hippo. And really? from the angle in which he sleeps.. I can totally see that now. But it was a shocker to hear him say it. And of course THAT word came out crystal clear. I’m sure preschool teachers get an earful of things they don’t let on about.
-misty
