Hide and Seek

Here's a story that shows Julia's recognition of Mommy, Daddy and Evelyn. And proof that the baby knows which name belongs to which person.

Tonight before bedtime, we played one of Evelyn's favorite games: hide and seek. For the first round, I counted and Evelyn hid. Troy and Julia sat out this game but watched us play. After slowly counting to ten and saying, "Ready or not, here I come!" I looked around the bedroom.

Evelyn is getting better at playing this game, and she was hiding well enough that I couldn't see her. I decided to try something sneaky. I looked at Julia and asked, "Where's Evelyn?" Julia's head instantly turned toward the doorway. Sure enough, Evelyn was hiding just around the corner.

Okay, so it was a pretty dirty way to play hide and seek, but I couldn't help it. I wanted to see if the baby could help me out - turns out she did!