I guess most kids have a love of animals or are at least are very curious about them. Jocelyn is especially fond of her 2 dogs, Reo and Reagan. Like her mommy, she most often loves on Reagan because she is the non-stinky dog of the two. But don't worry, Reo is Daddy's favorite so he is not neglected :)
She loves to stand in the doorway and give them treats, which they very gently take from her little hand.
"Bay Bay Bay!" This is what we hear all day, every day. She loves, loves, loves babies! She tends to her little baby for the longest periods of time, already participating in imaginary play with it. It makes me feel good to see how lovingly she feeds, holds, and kisses her baby since the only mothering skills she has learned are from me. But I also wonder how much of that is instilled in the hearts of little girls...to be a mommy.
My friend, Katie's little baby (whose blog you can visit using the link to the right) is a baby that Jocelyn is around a lot. Her name is Lily and Jocelyn is starting to call ALL babies "Lilili"
Jocelyn askes to go bye bye and see Lily and to see her picture on the frig. It is so sweet to hear her try to say her name.
Here is "Lilili"
This girl is horse crazy!! Which I love and fear at the same time. I fear it because my mom has horses and has taken my niece, Grace on rides since she was very young. She even went with her on 4 hour trail rides at 5 years old! I don't want Jocelyn to ask me anytime soon to ride on those big unpredictable animals with Mimi! And of course Levon will want to let her and make me seem like the overprotective one!
Anyways, she really does just naturally love them, spotting them everywhere and calling out "neigh! neigh!" I'm sure my mom is just delighted about that...2 grandchildren who love horses as much as she does.
