Little Bug has begun to pretend play. He used to just mimick our pretend play- if we took a car and make it fly like an airplane, he would follow suit. He is beginning to do this spontaneously now.
Yesterday, he actually accepted that a blanket could be a tent. It took a few rounds of verbal sparing. "Let's go in the tent, Little Bug." "No, bankie." "It's okay, we are pretending the blanket is a tent." "NO TENT- bankie." "That's fine, I am going to sit in the tent." A few minutes of silence. He sticks his head inside the tent- "Yenna tent."
He also talked on the "telephone"- which was actually a tom tom type thing that is supposed to be used for drumming, but is normally just used for chewing or hitting the furniture at our house. He put it to his ear and said, "Lo? Daddy Bake. No, go fish. Fink...dog... Up HIGH... da pop. Daddy Nick cah. Hamma... Happa house. Shinnamon."
When translated- Hello? Daddy Blake. No, I saw fish. Frank is a dog. (the balloon went) Up HIGH and popped. Daddy Nick took the car. We are going to Grandma and Grandpa's house. They have a dog named Cinnamon.
This was so cool to see. He wandered around the living room- much like I do when I am on the phone- and held a conversation with no one! YAY!!!!
1 comment:
How wonderful the simple joys!
It's amazing, the things you guys get to be happy about. Not many parents think twice about their kids pretending.
But to hold a conversation with no one on something that isn't even a phone? That's a wonderful, joyful moment for you guys!
Good job Little Bug, pretend to your heart's content!
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