Afraid of...

Ever hear the term 'afraid of your own shadow'? Generally it means that you are a skiddish sort of person and are jumpy at everything. But have you ever seen anyone who actually did get scared of their own shadow? We were walking home from our mailbox and the sun is strong behind us and its evening so the shadows are really long. Walking to the mail box of course, we didn't see them because they are behind us. But walking home, Emmaline discovered hers. Most of the walk she was experimenting hitting all the for-sale signs and walking from the grass to the pavement but suddenly she noticed her shadow. She had been walking behind us so I turned back to check on her and suddenly saw her backing up with a look on her face that said she was going to start freaking any moment. She tried side stepping and backing up but nothing she did would make the shadow go away. It only took her about 8 seconds to begin freaking out and about 4 seconds for me to realize why it was she was looking scared. Matt picked her and and we played around with waving at our shadows and lifting our feet up until we thought she would be okay but the moment Emmaline's fee touched the ground and she saw that shadow there again, she started screaming and clamoring up Matt's leg. Now, I don't exactly enjoy torturing my daughter but it was hilarious and I was considering grabbing the camera, putting her back on the pavement and getting a video but ultimately my good mom sense kicked in. So thats our funny story for today. I wonder how long we'll be dealing with this shadow issue...hopefully not very long. Otherwise she'll never be able to walk with the sun at her back (or side I'm sure) and we'll have to constantly keep track of her sunglasses.