Watering her pets!

Mommy has always been inculcating in our little girl the importance of drinking water. In the past, I used to indicate to her that it is time to drink some water by writing the phrase 'drink water' on the writing board and she would usually pick up her water bottle to show that she understood what was written on the board. Nowadays, I can just instruct her verbally. Recently, she takes good care of her 'pets' too by making sure that they are well-hydrated. Her pets are the cuddly toys. It's always hilarious to see her pointing the spout on her water bottle at the mouths of her teddy bears and puppy dogs.

Our little girl is an animal lover. Very often, we have to enlist the help of animals to convince her to do certain things. For instance, one of our daily ritual during bedtime is to tell her that almost all animals need sleep and we have to use animals that she is familiar with like tigers, zebra , elephant, pigs and etc, as examples. The list will continue until she finally falls asleep.
The same goes for eating. Sometimes, we just have to tell that animals need to eat, so she makes no exception. I know it sounds pretty absurd, but I guess we just have to relate to her world, which is probably a world of animals.