Brain size

Eli is very very obsessed with dinosaurs these days. All he wants to do is play with his dinosaur figures or read books about dinosaurs. We get lots of library books about dinosaurs, and many of them discuss their brain sizes. An apatosaurus, for example, has a brain the size of a walnut. Suprising, given it is one of the largest dinosaurs that ever lived. Anyway, I am not sure that Eli understands exactly what a brain does or is. But he likes to talk about brains and brain sizes. When we wear helmets for riding bikes, he says he is protecting his brain. Today, on our way to Toddler Time, Eli told me to run. Mama: Oh, Mama can't run today. Eli: Why? Mama, pausing because she is so tired. Eli: Cuz why your brain is too small?

Roaring

I'm not sure how the roaring got started but Eli can actually roar like a lion ... or a dinosaur (depending on which book you are reading!) When he copied me roaring like a lion, I couldn't believe it. But then I pulled out his placemat that has dinosaurs on it and I said, "Do you see the dinosaurs?" Eli looked at it and then "roared!" It is from his book "How do dinosaurs say good night?"

Anyway, he points at all sorts of lions and dinosaurs now and roars. I can't wait for him to mimic all of the other sounds animals make....

Library card

Eli and I went to the library today and he got his own library card. He thought it was a very fun toy and chewed on it for a bit. We checked out seven books with his card -- two of them are the same series of dinosaur books that he loves. The one we own is "How do dinosaurs say Good Night?"

When I read him the "How does a dinosaur eat?" book, he seemed confused and then kept reaching for the one we own. It was like he was saying, "this is not how this book goes!"