KZ has this habit of piling all our books, as many of them as she can reach, on the floor. She piles them two or three high and places them lengthwise across our living room area. We have a lot of books. She seems to get excited while doing this. Not nervous, but as if she is on a deadline. She is extremely focused in her work.
"Come on Mommy, help me, help me!"
Sometimes I help, other times I tell her that Mommy is busy. I don't really know why she is doing this, but she does it often -- but not every day. Once all the books are in place, she seems to calm down, then goes about her normal business of being a three years old. She does not let me move the books.
Yesterday morning, she woke up, looked out the window and said, "It's raining, Mommy!" Then immediately started piling the books along the floor.
"Help me, Mommy, help me!"
"Honey, WHY are we doing this?"
"Mommy, we are building a damn in case it floods."
Oh, now I get it. Mommy can be the slow one in comparison to KZ. With all the rain in the New York/New Jersey area, she's been seeing a lot of flooding and a lot of sandbags and damns. She knows from her Strawberry Shortcake videos that damns keep the town safe when it floods. She is doing her part to make sure we stay safe.
Jeremy walked into the living room.
"KZ, why are all the books on the floor?"
"Because it is raining, and rains may bring floods, and floods need damns. She is protecting our home," I answered.
He just looked at me and smiled.
"I like her logic," he said.
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