This is something that I have have observed about the little fella and find quite interesting. His concept of a family. His concept of a family is modelled after ours and it always has a Daddy, a Mummy, a boy and a dog. Recently,we have spent quite a bit of time drawing and no matter what I draw, he will always ask to draw a Daddy one, a Mummy one, a boy one and a a dog one. It could be anything, stars, flowers, cars, snakes etc etc. His concept of a Daddy/Mummy/boy/dog is differentiated by size,

What is interesting is that he seems to think that all things must exist as a family and as a family, there has always got to be Daddy/Mummy/Boy and Dog. Presumably this is because he learns by association and he associates ‘family’ with our family. 

We were passing by a house that day and he asked whose house it was. So I just said..Uncle’s and Aunty’s house. And he asked..where is the boy and where is the dog? That caught me for a little while and finally I said..maybe they are in the house too.