Who's Who

Kyla is all about identifying family members.  When she is eating, she will point out the different sizes of food and say that one is the mommy and one is the daddy and point out the babies.  She will hold up a blueberry and say, in her 'this is so precious voice,' something like, "Oh, look at da little baby one!"  And continue with each and every berry, declaring it a baby, sister, "brudder," mommy or daddy.

The other day Kyla, Maxx and I were playing tea party.

Kyla:  Okay, I da mommy and Maxx is da daddy.
Me:  Can Maxx be the mommy?
Kyla:  No.
Me:  Why not?
Kyla:  Cause, girls are mommies and boys are daddies.
(Oh, right!  Of course...)

And today while we were reading books, out of the blue, she said, "Hey, mommies are mommies and daddies are daddies.  And Kylas is Kyla.  And Tyler is... (pause to think) my cousin!"

 

Baby

Kyla came downstairs the other morning with her Care Bear stuffed under her dress.  I calmly asked what was going on.

Kyla:  Mommy, I want you to have a baby in your belly.
Me:  I already had 2 babies in my belly, you and Maxx.
Kyla:  But I want you to have another baby.
Me:  We have a baby, baby Maxx.
Kyla:  Nooooo.  I want you to have a baby girl.

Then yesterday, she told me she was a doctor and would tell me what to do.  A lot of times this involves a series of physical activities; hop up and down, spin like a ballerina, march in a circle, etc.  This time she pulled out her picture book, filled with pictures of family and friends.  I put it together when I was pregnant with Maxx and trying to teach her everyone's names.  The first picture is an ultrasound of Maxx.

Kyla:  Okay, I da doctor.  I tell you what you need to do.  (She flips open her book to the first picture.)  Okay.  First you need to have a baby in your belly.

I didn't hear anything after that...