Erika's imagination and humor
Jan. 3rd, 2012 08:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alikiErika tells me there are dragons in the woods behind my house; they sleep during the day so we have to tread quietly, and at night she brings a flashlight because the dragon is awake and she needs to make sure she sees him coming. It is at this specific spot in the woods, a sharp bend in the path, behind which a large fallen tree lies, with old brittle branches poking out from the slumbering log. From a distance, I can see the outline of a curled-up dragon, with bristled spines down his back pointing straight up, taking a nap in the woods. Erika tells me that Kade (our Border Collie) can catch dragons, though, so it's always a safe bet to bring him along to chase away the dragons.
Erika finds absurdity to be amusing. Dogs wearing winter hats. Cars with a blanket over them. Putting things on the dog. She points and says: "See! Funny!" and laughs heartily.
She's been walking on her tippy-toes this week. And as she does a dainty ballerina tip-toe across the room or down the supermarket aisle, she screams "tippy toe! tippy toe!" which is sometimes followed by "spin! spin! spin!" Need to start signing her up for ice skating classes?
Erika finds absurdity to be amusing. Dogs wearing winter hats. Cars with a blanket over them. Putting things on the dog. She points and says: "See! Funny!" and laughs heartily.
She's been walking on her tippy-toes this week. And as she does a dainty ballerina tip-toe across the room or down the supermarket aisle, she screams "tippy toe! tippy toe!" which is sometimes followed by "spin! spin! spin!" Need to start signing her up for ice skating classes?
