Baby Bird

A little while ago Vaughn became obsessed with birds and even took the obsession so far that h e started calling himself 'baby bird'. I didn't
think much of it, he's a pretty creative kid that plays make believe all the time. Well it is a month later and the baby bird obsession is firmly entrenched. Vaughn is baby bird, I am mommy bird, Matt is daddy bird and so in. It gets to be quite a mouthful with great grandma bird.

It is really funny, he will say something and then add a 'tweet' on the end just to make sure you know he really is a bird. He refers to his meals as seeds and worms and our house is now called the bird house, 'Mommy bird, should baby bird go back to the bird house?". This Sunday at church one of my friends stuck her head out of the toddler room door and said, 'Vaughn is asking for a Mommy bird ... I'm not sure what that is'. That one was a little embarrassing and when he calls me that at the grocery store my face may turn a bit red but generally it's pretty funny. I especially love when he is asking for something 'please mommy bird, please mommy bird, please'. If i call him Vaughn he will often correct me, doesn't matter where we are he wants to be called baby bird.

I think the baby bird idea may stem from us calling Greta baby girl. We call her that a lot but Vaughn does not want to be called baby boy, he is clearly a big boy. Well maybe my big boy still needs to be a baby sometimes and this is how he works it out. Regardless of why, I think it's hilarious and can't wait to see how long it lasts!