Catching Rainbows

Last week while I was making her dinner, Reese crawled around the corner and out into our formal dining area. Usually she "makes the circuit" and crawls down the hallway and back into the kitchen to "surprise" me. When she grew quite and I didn't hear the slap, slap, slap of her crawl, I got nervous. With Reese, quite = trouble. I peaked my head around the corner and I found her staring at the wall in the formal dining room. I quickly realized that she was busy "catching" rainbows. During the late hours of the day, the setting sun will shine through the glass on our front door and project prismatic displays on the wall. Reese saw these "mini rainbows" and was transfixed. She stared at them and then crawled close to the wall. She was confused, though, because when she got close, the images would disappear. (Her body blocked the light from hitting the wall.) When the rainbow she was hunting would disappear, she would turn her attention to another one. This went on for about five or ten minutes. At times, it felt a little like watching a cat chase a flashlight, only cuter I guess.