Sandra Boyton is an inspired children's author. Kiddo has loved her books from her first interest in books, and still loves them 18 months of development later. One of her favorites is "Dogs - a counting book" which she knows by heart. We spent much of the last month reciting it everywhere, interspersed with peals of laughter from my sweet daughter. It's easier to repeat yourself if she's laughing out loud. But, since of all the noises a dog makes, it never once "barks," Kiddo has rephrased that part of her life.
When the loud, angry German Shepherd that lives two doors down from us is out, she runs and jumps on my lap, (slightly terrified) exclaiming "The dog is woofing!"
But barking is still a part of her life. Because when we hear a car horn (an relatively frequent occurrence) she exclaims "The car is barking the horn!"
But, no matter how urban our neighborhood, there are still birds, and lots of them. Kiddo loves to hear them too. As we hear their songs outside Kiddo will turn to me and ask "Do you hear those birds? singing that song? in that tree?" And I do.
