I've always known that Addie would look up to her big sister and want to do everything that Ellie does, but I have been surprised by the extent to which the opposite is true too. Addie is very independent and when she "invents" a new game, Ellie is quick to join in.
Ellie's birthday is coming up this weekend and one of her early presents was a butterfly pavilion. It has been a huge hit already because Ellie loves to watch the caterpillars move and grow (which they do at a surprising speed).
But when we first got the package, Addie decided that the packing peanuts looked better inside the butterfly home. And tiny handful by tiny handful she started emptying one box and filling another. Of course, Ellie joined in quickly and soon all the packing peanuts were in the butterfly home. Silly girls.
When we informed Ellie that we needed to take them back out, she asked why. It just seemed like they had accomplished something perfect with the peanuts so why undo their hard work? I told her that butterflies don't like eating packing peanuts. She informed me that's ok because they're not "budderflies" yet.
Though she has a point, we did eventually get the peanuts out, and the "cadderpillars" are growing quite happily. They're hanging in the corner of Ellie's room so that she can see them whenever she wants. It should be fun.
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