Anyway, "family" has been a topic of discussion at Maggie's school. They asked everyone for a family picture to hang in the room and it is a word that Maggie has started using with some regularity.
To help reinforce her school lessons (and because we hadn't included Ada yet, so it was time), I updated the family portrait hanging over Maggie's bed. We have a frame with pictures of everyone in her close family (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins) for her to say "goodnight" to.
Ali was helping Maggie draw recently and she drew this:
Maggie picked it up, smiled, hugged it to her chest and said "my family". She then proceeded to drag me into the other room to find some tape so we could hang it on the wall above her play kitchen (where it remains).
It is remarkable to watch a child process the fundamentals of complex ideas. The concept of family at it purest and most basic can be understood by a two-year-old. I wonder how long it will take before the Georgia state legislators can catch up to our toddler.
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