Something I said to kibbles made me think.

Remember a while back, I posted about hiding food? I used to do that. No reason, I just did.

I'm thinking back now, I used to hide a lot as a kid. And still do, to a lesser extent. Serious hiding, not like Ana will "hide" for hide-and-seek. I'm sure in the end my family always knew where I was, but I intended to hide from them.

Sometimes this was related to being scared of something (not generally them, even), but other times... I just wanted to hide. I was so happy to have a latch on my door on 18th avenue, and easy egress into the backyard or roof from there, for that reason.

And there's no outside reason for it, y'know? No trauma, no fear necessarily, no reason to have to hide. I just like to feel safe, secure, and, well, hidden.

Now that I've posted that, I'll explain something that may have irritated my family. This is why I won't sit away from the wall on the boat if I can help it, or in a restaurant. Because no walls feels absolutely unsafe. One wall is better, two is best if I can be in a nice corner. But to be sitting in the open, with people walking around? I just don't like it. No reason, I just don't like it.

So now, Jenn, now you know.

Evangeline is very nearly 16 months now!

So, yeah, updatey time.

http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/toddler/toddlerdevelopment/1213782.html
http://parenting.ivillage.com/tp/tpdevelopment/0,,pg60,00.html

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Ana is also developing apace. Recently, we've been working a lot on jokes and riddles. I taught her the knock-knock joke with the banana. First time I told it to her, she made a face after it was done and told me "Don't say it again. It's not funny", but now she seems to understand it, and will tell other people. She told her dad, and he groaned in terror, which is why I taught it to her in the first place. (It sure wasn't so I could hear it 100 times!) And she knows why the woman threw the butter out the window, and why the ghost got a band-aid. I don't think she understands why these jokes are ostensibly funny, but.

Lizziey, apparently, you called on my birthday? I didn't get any indication on my cell phone until just now. That thing sucks. Call tomorrow or I will, I suppose.