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[rivka]

Can anyone do obsession the way a three-year-old can do obsession?

Yesterday afternoon, Alex came home from a birthday party with a little maze in her favor bag. It was too hard for her, so I drew a simple maze on plain paper to show her how to work them. Then she wanted me to make her another one. I printed two out from online. When she finished, she asked me to help her erase them so she could do them again right away. And then it snowballed, and she was pulling mazes off the printer as fast as I could find them, and Michael and I kept having to yell "No running with a pencil in your hand!" Her skill level ramped up pretty quickly.

She did at least twenty before reluctantly going off to bed. This morning she slept an hour later than usual, and woke up crying. Michael went in to her.

"Nobody came to wake me up!" she sniffled.

No, he explained gently. On weekends she can sleep until she isn't tired anymore.

"But nobody came to wake me up," she wailed. "And I could've been doing MAZES!"

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[curiousangel.livejournal.com]

I've already promised her a corn maze next year; after some searching, it looks like all the ones around here are done for the year. I think she'll enjoy it, and I'll make sure she wears her running shoes. :)

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Ah, this answers my question up above. I'm sure she'll have a blast.