So we were surprised when last week at his babysitter's house he took his stuffed frog he got over a year ago from Heidi, Matt, and Mia and set it by the front door. "Mome! (home) Mama!" He told Susie. "You want to take frog home when mama comes?" she asked. "Kay", said Aaron.
Sure enough, I came to pick him up and he came running, grabbed frog, and said, "mome! mama!".
We got to the car and Aaron told me, "gog (frog) guckle (buckle)". So we buckled frog into the seat next to Aaron----for safety, of course.
Since that day, I wouldn't say that Aaron and frog have been INSEPARABLE---frog was inadvertantly left at Susie's over the long weekend and Aaron didn't mind----but he has shown way more long-term interest in frog than he ever has in any other thing in his nearly 2 years. We have been "guckling" him into the car to and from Susie's all week long.
Tonight he was running his usual laps around the house and driving his train around when he stopped, picked up frog, and set him on the train.
"Gog. Go!" he said. And Frog did go. Around and around the house. Sometimes chasing Guinness, sometimes chasing mom or dad.
And when frog fell off, Aaron picked him up and gave him a kiss. Because we don't want our friends to get hurt. :)
