Mapping

As I checked e-mail yesterday evening, Anna was lying on the floor beside me coloring. The item she was coloring was laid on some newspaper so she wouldn't get marker on the floor. After a short while, she set the item aside and began to look at one of the newspaper ads, which contained a map of new developments in the metro area. She got up, put the newspaper on her table and began drawing and narrating her own map on the newspaper. Anna made lots of marks showing where we live, where Grandpa and Grandma live, where various friends live, where the grocery store is located, where she goes to school, and where we go to church. She talked about the cities and the roads that connected everyone. She drew a pond and a lake, and even pointed to the top of the "map" and stated that Santa lived up at the north pole. I was just fascinated to watch and listen and then grabbed the camera to take a few quick pictures.

You'll notice that where Anna labeled herself on the map is right in the center of the universe. How telling is that?