Monday, May 05, 2008

Knots, Knots, Everywhere Knots!

I have noticed an interesting behavior exhibited by my almost 6 year old. Actually, this is not a new development. She has been fascinated with tying knots for as long as I can remember. Shoe laces, scarves, tights, ribbon, any string dangling from any toy is tied together to form long ropes. These ropes are draped across her doll house as decoration. She uses them to tie her strollers together and hitches them to her bicycle to form a caravan across the living room. Her toy box is filled with various strips of anything tied together in knots!

What is the fascination? And why, oh why, am I impulsively drawn to untie them?

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