Santa, flying apples, and sisters

So one day this week Natalie and I are looking at pictures in the Gospel Art Book. We get to the picture of Noah and the ark.

me: Look, Natalie, it’s Noah! Noah with the animals in the boat! Yeah, it’s Noah. Who’s that, Natalie?
Natalie: Santa!

Another day we’re at the table eating lunch. I look over and Natalie is waving her apple around the same way like when she’s making a toy bird fly or a toy sea animal swim.

me: Oh, is that a flying apple?
Natalie, emphatically confirming: Apple, flying!

Also, Natalie’s really good at helping us with Hazel. “Hazel, sheeping! (sleeping)” “Hazel, eating!” “Hazel, sad!” “Hazel, hungy!” “Pacifier, fall down!” (I loved it when she called the pacifier a “fire,” but now she says the whole word) “Hazel, baket! (blanket)”

Sometimes it’s a task to make sure she doesn’t squash Hazel or maul her or poke her eye out, but she loves Hazel and likes to make sure she’s taken care of.