Grace and Hazel

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Now that Grace is focusing on objects around the house, it is interesting to see which ones capture her attention. One such object has quickly risen far above the others. If you have visited any apartment of mine in the past decade, you will have noticed a 12″ diameter disco ball hanging from the ceiling. I have taken it on sailing trips, to vineyard parties and anywhere else that seems ready for a party, but lacks the right lighting. Even though the ball has been unplugged since before she was born, Grace noticed it as soon as her eyeballs started focusing, and she can’t stop staring. I am afraid to think what might happen when I turn that thing on.

So this brings up some somewhat disconcerting possibilities…

One is that she is just biding her time as a bobble-head baby until she can figure out how to get out onto a dance floor and boogie til dawn. It will be our luck to have a disco revival in about 14 years, just about the time she figures out how to sneak out of the house.

Another is that she ramping up for a lifetime of fascination with shiny objects. If that is the case, at least I know she gets it from her mother.

I am open to other possibilities

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