Hestia Homeschool for Young Wild Women

January 20, 2004

feeling happy

Shelby Lynn is getting along pretty well with her broken leg. She has learned to scoot and drag herself around on her arms, looking rather like a baby harp seal.  She has remained a happy, good natured little person.  Shelby has always preferred adult books with good illustrations to the myriad baby books we have.  Currently she is fixated on a Bird Guide book that has many, many pictures in it.  By cuddling with my nineteen month old baby and glancing through the guide book with her, I have learned to identify a few avian species I was unsure about. I've personally learned the difference between sparrows and wrens (previously I lumped them into "Little Brown Birds", starlings, blackbirds and grackles ("blackbirds") and also between gulls and terns.  Shelby enthusiastically Signs Bird and says, "DooDoo." 

 Shelby also loves her sister Tabitha's shark book.    Tabitha watched a docu-drama about the sinking of the Indianapolis during WWII last night--just because it had sharks in it. That child has always adored sharks.  I remember when she was about two years old Tabby burst into tears one night, sobbing that she was worried about the shark at the Cincinnati Zoo.  Where did it go when they tore down the aquarium?  It took me a long time to calm her down.  Tabitha was intense as a baby and has remained a deeply feeling child. 

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