My little worrier

   Catalina has always been a very cautious, careful girl. She never ran into the street, she rarely even hurt herself, as she was not giving herself chances to do so. She is very gentle and somehow frail, so I was happy to protect her myself as much as I could. Question is, was I right in doing so, or was I overprotective?
 
    These days we have pretty strong winds, and with our house on top of the hill we get scary noises inside. She keeps on asking us if somebody is coming, and who is in the house. I have to repeat several times that only Catalina, mommy and daddy are in the house. I so wish I could bring a sense of safety into her mind, but I have no idea how.

  Last night I was reading to her Dr. Seuss book "Happy Birthday". In the book, the birthday bird takes the birthday boy to many fun adventures. In the evening, the bird returns the boy to his house, tucks him in his bed and flies away. After finishing, we had this conversation:
Catalina : "Where is the bird going? why is the boy all alone?"
( I told Catalina several times that little kids should never be alone, and mommy will never leave her alone in the house, and if it ever happens that at daycare all the teachers and kids leave the room and she stays behind, she should ask loudly "wait for Catalina")
Mommy:  The bird had to fly to her house to sleep
Catalina: But why is the boy alone? where is the birthday boy's mommy?"
Mommy: Oh, the mom is in the kitchen, she does the dishes
Catalina: But where is the mom's bed? where will she sleep?
Mommy: I think the mommy sleeps in a different room, there are some boys and girls who like to sleep alone in the room (we are still a very happy co-sleeping family)
Catalina: but the boy is alone...

And the conversation kept on repeating on the same theme: why is the boy alone, and where is the mom. I was surprised to say the least. The mom is not portrayed in the book, and the whole feel of the story is one of having fun, eating cake and partying. It's just my little worrier who felt so sad the boy is alone and his mommy does not sleep with him. Catalina has this talent, on picking on the smallest, most unexpected details and developing her own vision of a specific situation. Her imagination has no limits.

    She is truthfully the most amazing girl there is. And, lately she keeps repeating:
"God gave Catalina to mommy and daddy because He loves mommy and daddy. And God loves Catalina too. God loves everybody. And mommy and daddy are very happy God gave Catalina to them"

Yes, all stories of love with our cute bun. And, to come back to more earthy endeavors, here she is, helping mommy make "turtite":