Pumpkins and Balls

Eden calls pumpkins balls because they pretty much look like balls....basketballs in particular. She is so smart! Sean enjoys placing her in stuff like a basket full of stuffed toys, a heap of laundry, or this display of pumpkins at the grocery store...he just throws her in and it's pretty cute. Our bi-monthly Costco trip doubles as an imaginative trip to a playland with cardboard skyscrapers of stuff; Sean is expert at this. I usually hit the aisles hunthing and gathering for the huge block of cheese and the outrageously cheap carton of eggs while Sean and Eden play. This includes summitng beer boxes stacked in pyramids or perching under the fort-like shelves where the Mac and Cheese boxes are housed.
Eden and Sera are finally hitting it off now that Eden is on two legs and can throw a ball. They keep eachother entertained for a full half hour a day going back and forth with a squeaky ball. They are getting to be pretty good. The following video clips show the first day this occurred.

This week, "ball"--correction--"a ball" has been a theme. Everything seems to be "a ball." I am sure that Sean or I-- inocent, well to do parents that we are, replied to Eden's pointing at a ball saying, "yea, that's 'a ball.'" The better answer would have simply been, "ball." Now we are confused because Eden points to apples saying, "a ball" which sounds a lot like "apple." We don't know if she has learned the word "apple" or if she thinks an apple is "a ball." Incidentally, plums, oranges, pumpkins, and ballons are all "a ball" which could mean that she thinks all round fruits are either "apples" or "balls"...we aren't sure but have decided to speak generally of these things because either would be correct in an abstract sort of way. It probably confuses her more that we have a small pumpkin in the house the size of Sera's ball. It's so funny trying to figure it all out.