mamas & babies

Luke is fascinated by recreating the mama-baby relationship with his toys. Many of his Schleich animals are now mama and baby pairs. Many of his favorite books are about babies looking for and then finding their mamas. One of them, called Hug, is about a little monkey named Bobo who wants a hug from his Mama. After some searching, eventually they find each other and have a big hug. A few weeks ago, we were at the California Academy of Sciences museum store (during a member's only preview), and Luke saw a larger monkey with an uncanny resemblance to his own, small stuffed Bobo. He immediately declared "Bobo's Mama!" So Bobo's Mama is now part of our larger menagerie of mamas & babies.

Here's a quick photo of our Scheich animal pairs: panda, polar bear, giraffe, cow, tiger, and sheep (in fairness, we have called this dada & baby).