“Mommy and Me” Monday

For years (read: since my 8 year-old niece was Leah’s age) my mom has had some cut-up beaded necklaces of the Mardi Gras variety around for the little ones to play with. They’ve all had fun with them, but Leah seems to have taken a special interest in them. (She tends to be attracted to things others barely notice.) Knowing this, when my mom found a huge vase full of the necklaces at Goodwill, she thought it had Leah’s name written all over it. That was almost 2 months ago, and the child hasn’t gotten bored with them yet. She puts them on…she takes them off…she puts them on…she takes them off…. This happens over and over again, all day. Recently, she has also taken an interest in Mommy getting properly adorned, too, which leads to this sort of scene:

Spiffy. If you were to show up at my house at any given time, the odds are pret-ty good that this is what you’d find. We have fun together. She’s my girl.