Obsession: Elephants

Elise was obsessed with elephants recently. She learned the sign for elephant, and that was all she wanted to talk about for a while.

It all started with these elephant figurines. They are in the kitchen on top of the cabinets, and for a while Elise insisted on pointing at them constantly throughout each meal, refusing to take another bite until I told her what they were. Elephant. Elephant. Elephant. About a million times per meal.

She moved on to noticing them in books. I never realized elephants were pictured in so many children's books until this kid kindly pointed them out to me.

Here she is wearing her elephant attire.

playing with her toy elephant

signing elephant

Now she has moved on to another obsession. But we'll save that for a different post.