Parts and Pieces

I just found these pictures the other day when I was making my "highlights" post. They are back from May. I used to be met with this type of sight on a daily basis.

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For some reason Bug has always had a thing for pieces. Doesn't matter what, she just likes to play with pieces of this and that. And she likes to move them around. She calls it "organizing" but to me it seems anything but. She loves to transfer things from their original location to a new one. She does this by using whatever kind of container she can find.

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You can see her various containers here: an empty wipes box, a decorative tin, a little purse...

...and a big purse for the "final cut".

(Those are popsicle sticks in there, literally hundreds of them)

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Thankfully, since Boo started crawling, Bug never leaves pieces anywhere any more. She is really good about making sure there is nothing "choke-able" on the floor which is SO nice since Boo is such a little finder. Boo searches things out to put into her mouth. Bug is constantly finding some little piece of fuzz, string, etc. She picks it up and yells, "Mommy! I picked this up so she don't choke it!" or she'll come to me, very serious, and hand me something small, "Boo might choke this."

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Bug still loves to transfer things from container to bag (and back) over and over again. She does it all the time. We are working on leaving things where she finds them. I will put something somewhere and she will come along and take it somewhere else. "I'm helping you Mommy!" she always says. And I always say, "Thank you, but I had that there because I wanted it there. Now let's put it back."

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She is such a funny little helper. Sometimes it drives me crazy, but most of the time I remember to just smile and laugh. She definitely makes life more interesting. :)