Monday, October 12, 2009

Willa's imagination

Our Wild Willa is starting to do pretend play quite a bit now. It started a few months ago when I was getting her out of her carseat and she said, "LOOK!! Mommy, LOOK!" and kept pointing to her palm. I thought she had a scratch or something and I kept looking all over her hand until finally she said, "Baby owl! Look! Hand! Hold 'em!" That was a couple of months ago, and it has only snowballed from there. She is still quite obsessed with this imaginary baby owl, and will ask you to toss him food, blankets, water, etc. while you drive. He also likes to fly onto my shoulder while I drive, or so I've been told.

She also has quite the eye for finding tigers in wooded areas. Almost everyday when we drive out of our neighborhood (and pass a wooded park area) she yells, "SHHHH!! Quiet! Hear dat? I hear it! Tiger!"

Today when I dropped off Larkin at school Willa cried (and Larkin didn't cry one bit!). "I come wit you! I come cool!" After a while she finally stopped crying, and then started talking to herself and pretending that Larkin was there with her. Here's what she said:
Yar-kin! Nice meet you! (hugs self while sitting in carseat)
Play butterfly! (a game they play together--run around and fly like a butterfly)
1,2,3,4,5, ready not, here come! I get you!

Usually Larkin entertains Willa and will extend whatever it is she is pretending...although on occasion Larkin has been known to say, "Willa, there's no tigers!! Stop saying there's a tiger!" which almost always makes Willa cry.
:)

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