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Originally uploaded by wailer2000.

Here's Allie, playing with her "Little People" and animals from Noah's Ark. She arranges them all together, facing one another at the table.

Randy Frazee calls this the "convivium."

A time when family and friends gather together for dinner at the table - a crucial point in our need for belonging, family, and connection.

Allie already senses this love for and need of friendships in her life. And she's sensing it in her toys too.