A
couple of weeks ago whenever she happened to notice a bird, Malia started
holding out her hand, palm up, and telling me she wanted the bird to land in
her hand. I was a bit perplexed by this seemingly random desire until I started
thinking about her fascination with all things princess. As I began to recall
some of the movies we’ve watched recently, I began to notice a theme. Cinderella:
birds singing, washing, sewing, etc. Beauty and the Beast: a handful of
birdseed=bird in the hand. Mirror, Mirror: a bird hops in the window and eats a
seed right out of Snow White’s hand. Enchanted: yup, birds all over this one.
So it seems that Malia’s innate desire to be a princess has led to an intense
desire to hold a bird. However, I’m pretty sure that if the seagull or crow
that she thinks she wants to land on her hand actually did so, the result would
be more Hitchcock than Disney.
In
other news, Malia is terrified of spiders and I swear I did not teach it to her
in spite of the fact that spiders rank right up there with mice on my loathing
scale. She does the whole girly shrieking with terror thing. If I didn’t find
spiders so off putting myself, it would be kind of funny.
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