1 post tagged “hide n seek”

Another little vignette from my parents' last night.  When Jason and I leave for Baltimore for a few days, and leave the kids at their house, we have concerns about just what Emory might get into.  She is clearly very comfortable in their home.  Fortunately, Emory tends to let out mischievous little giggles when she is doing something she shouldn't....or she's so quiet you know something is amiss.  (The question is, will my parents hear and/or recognize these cues!)  I didn't ever truly understand the meaning of things being "too quiet" in reference to toddlers until Emory came along.  At one point, she disappeared around a corner, and the options were:  a bathroom with a litter box, a laundry room with a litter box, a bar with lots of glassware and alcohol within reach and a bedroom.  She was silently waiting in the bedroom (thank God) until she saw me turn the corner (I assume) at which point she let out her little giggle and started running across the room.  When we play this game of cat and mouse, she has a funny little run...it's kind of a high-stepping, bouncy run with her arms out to the side.  I caught her in my arms, and she thought she was so funny.  We went to the family room, where I spoke briefly with my dad, when I heard another of those giggles heading up the stairs.  So there, she had three bedrooms and two hall closets to get into.  She went into the first room and ran as fast she could, cackling away as she heard me bounding up the steps behind her.   

At our house, she loves to run ahead of us when we go upstairs, go into the closet in the master bathroom, close both doors and wait in silence until we open the door...and she starts to squeal. 

She cracks me up.  That gleam in her eyes never disappears...I hope it never does.  My passionate, spirited little girl!