The Turnover Artist Revisited

Here's Kiernan and his mom sitting down to a little snack during mid-morning play time. Wendy got back from a business trip late last night, and he is obviously delighted to have her back. [Note that in the background of the picture you can make out Kiernan's newish sand boat, and the infamous rocking fish.]

Moments before this, the three of us were hanging out on the back steps. Kiernan had just finished a round of watering, so he climbed up to the top step and sat down. He picked up the empty package from a set of Giant Magnetic Letters that I had not yet taken to the trash can. The little cardboard insert that tells what the toy is fell out, and he grabbed it and started pointing out colors and letters.

The key word he focused on was the main word on the insert: "lowercase". He pointed out the W, saying, as usual, "William!" Or at least his version of the name. William is his two-year old friend who lives down at the other end of the street.

Kiernan then flipped the cardboard insert over, gave a surprised little yelp, and pointed at the W again. Only now, upside down, it was of course an M. He said, "Mama," as he is wont to do when he sees an M. Then he flipped it over again, gave another surprised yelp, and said, "William!"

This went on for some time. Flipping the insert. Yelping in surprise. Calling out the letter/name. That's really all this post is about. It was a little slice-of-life moment that struck me. So I thought I'd share it with you.

Oh...and man it's good to have Wendy back home.