This morning I got to observe another difference in my two amazing children that made me smile and remember how much I enjoy getting to know their individual personalities.
When Kairi gathers her animals together, they all have relationships that represent the people in her life. They speak to each other in English and thir conversations usually reflects whatever is on her mind. If she's thinking about her daddy, her animals talk about their daddy. If she's been thinking about princesses and the color pink, her animals do so as well. If she's missing our family in Texas, her animals miss their family in Texas. It's a precious insight into her mind, especially when she's not able or willing to tell me what she's thinking about. And it's always been this way. Anytime she plays with animals, she puts her own thoughts and feelings into them.
This morning, though, I saw Alex gathering his favorite animals. He had the elephant, a puppy, an otter, and a bear. They were on the step to the sliding back door and they started talking. But when they started talking, it was a whole new world. They spot in their "animal voices". The puppy barked, the bear roared, the elephant trumpetted, and the otter, well I'm not sure what noise Alex was having him make, but it was interesting to say the least. To Alex, his animals are real animals that exsist in their specific worlds. They aren't his personal therapy -- they are just playmates. Maybe it's that things don't affect him as deeply as they do Kairi -- he does have a happy go lucky spirit that rarely dwells on things he doesn't like.
Whatever the reason for the difference, though, I'm just thankful tat I have the opportunity to get a glimpse into each of their minds, a chance to see how different they are, and to see one more piece of such precious personalities. :)
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Awww... Kalila makes hers talk like Kairi. I haven't noticed so much it paralleling things like that, but I wonder if she will as she gets older (like closer to her age) or something completely different.
ReplyDeleteSlightly off topic (slightly) she knows her animal sounds of course and will do those when asked... and sometimes will say that our cats meow.. but she is constantly telling us stuff they've "said". Like they tell her when they're hungry or thirsty. I think its more her picking up on how they're acting than pretending that they're talking to her, but I'm never quite sure lol.
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