Thursday, March 18, 2010

Pretending

Olivia loves to pretend. She loves tea parties and picnics in our living room with her stuffed animals. She enjoys being a mom to her doll. Last night when she was going to sleep I heard her singing "twinkle twinkle little star" in her crib and she was putting her doll to sleep the same way we put her to sleep.
She likes to pretend she is in a marching band. Everyone present must participate in the parade. She gathers all her musical instruments and we march around the kitchen island playing our instruments.
Olivia also likes to pretend she is a new born baby. She will tell me "like a baby, like a baby" and wants me to cradle her in my arms and feed her a bottle.
Olivia's favorite thing to do is to pretend she is going somewhere (usually work or the city). She tells me she is going to get her stroller and doll, she asks for her hat and shopping bags and goes through the house saying good bye to everyone and then heads for the door. She never goes past the door, but will usually come back and tell everyone good-bye again and then back to the door. She will repeat this again and again. Her favorite part of this game is for us to beg her not to go and pretend to cry...she thinks it is so funny!