It's fun to see Annabeth's imagination blossoming. One way I see this is when she plays with her doll house. She got the doll house from one of our neighbors whose daughter outgrew it, and she loves putting the mommy and daddy to bed, putting the babies to bed, feeding everyone, and playing with the babies on their swing, slide, etc. She also imagines now when she's eating her food. I know when she's done eating lately because she'll start animating her food - this piece of broccoli is Grammy, that one is Uncle Earl, etc. Or if she has some food with a little liquid, like baked beans or ketchup, she'll start finger painting on her tray. ("Look Mommy, a circle!") Today when we were out playing at the neighbor's swing set, she found some little blocks of wood, and sat me down at the wood block "table" and feeding me wood block "food". She's so much fun! :) Here is a picture of Annabeth with her doll house.
My girls do this with their food, too. Even Caleb has started. When they are done eating thier utensils often talk to each other. When Lauren was younger and it was dark in the winter when we were eating we would have to close the blinds because she would be halfway through dinner by the time we were done. Because she would talk to "the other person" she saw reflected back in the window! Meal times can be so much fun!
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