Conversations with the toddler

Today, as we got home from dance class, we sat at the bottom of the stairs to take off our shoes. The toddler looked over at the brick wall and asked "how did you make that puzzle?"

Realizing she was asking about the pattern, I told her that the people who built our house made it.

"Oh," she says. And after a beat, as she walked up the stairs, she added "Hey mom, did you know that I made that wall? Just like a puzzle. Yep, I did it all by myself."