Ms. Adelaide is quite an organized little girl. Dirty clothes go in the hamper; books belong on the bookshelf; and the milk goes back in the fridge after you pour a glass. Lately she has mastered the concept of "time" (at a really young age, I think) and she loves to review the organization of time. Her conversations are full of "yhess-a-day" (yesterday) and "ta-marrow" (tomorrow). Of course, she doesn't realize the either of those are discrete time frames. Rather, "yesterday" represents all that has happened before the last time she was asleep, as far back as she can remember, up until just before she took a nap. And "tomorrow" represents all that is in the future. Interestingly, she's also figured out that "next time" means something may come again, though it's not clearly scheduled.This comes up often in reference to cats. We have several friends with cats whose homes Adelaide loves to visit. So whenever we see a cat - a neighborhood cat out the window, or in our many cat books - she reviews the possibilities. Her monologue goes something like this: "a cat! Ada go Tia's house, see cat hiding!" or "Ken, Andy cat today!" or "This cat name Mike ... yesterday go Crystal's house, see Mike!" or "Eduardo cat ... next time see cat." She has many favorite cats, all over town, that we don't see nearly often enough for her liking. But they do provide a good conversation piece!
