I Spy

I forgot to write in last night's post about how I introduced John to the game of "I spy," even though I thought he'd be too young (but what do I know about these things?). We were taking our walk and I would say, "I see . . . a mail box! Do you see a mail box?" John would look around, then exclaim, "Yeah! Right there!" I did it over and over again, spying bushes, trees, doggies, the street, big rocks, and so forth. After 20 minutes, John really seemed to get it and he started playing the game back at me. He also initiated more of the game at the dinner table, by spying things outside our kitchen window. "Mommy, I see . . . a leaf!" It was a fun game and I thought it gave good practice for John responding affirmatively to my questions, when he still has a toddler's habit of ignoring many of my inquiries (when does that end, moms?).