Firecracker

Who would have guessed that we could have a twenty minute conversation with two almost two-year olds? It started with Lior who informed us that firecrackers scare her. Sydney piped up with "firecracker scare me". Matt and I told her that they were all gone and they were noisy but not scary. Apparently she disagrees.

"Firecracker scare Lior"

"Firecracker scare baby... firecracker scare Jordan?"

"Firecracker scare mommy?... firecracker scare daddy?"

"Firecracker WHOA, firecracker wow"

We tried to assure her that we were not scared of the firecrackers, that we liked them, that they were pretty and very loud but I am not sure she believed us. She went on to inform us that the dogs find firecrackers scary, even our neighbor and his dog are not safe from the scary firecrackers.
Hopefully this conversation will help her deal with her fear of firecrackers which she still calls animal crackers when she gets going. When she is talking about the firecrackers her face is very expressive and her eyes are huge. Because her language skills are not as advanced as Lior's it is harder for her to express her wants and needs and she gets very frustrated. Her facial expressions often give me a better idea of what she wants and how she feels. It is amazing to see that, even with her limited expressive vocabulary, she is able to communicate her fears to us. I just hope she is able to move past it but at least she is talking about it.