Kaitlyn was in fine form this morning while lounging on the bed with Chris and I. Or more like, we were lounging, and she was jumping around like a bunny on espresso saying the cutest darn things. She first announced that she was going to be a princess, live in a town, in a “tassel” (castle).
Next she sat on Chris’ legs, and imitated her favorite part of Dora the Explorer, which is when Dora gets into any kind of vehicle and says “let’s put our seatbelts on so we can be safe”. Kaitlyn sits on Chris’ legs, pretends to pull a lap belt across her lap, and says, “seatbelt, so safe!”. It’s adorable.
And then, Chris was laying with his head on my chest and I was rubbing the top of his head and his forehead. Kaitlyn started rubbing his forehead too, and then she started reaching behind her to pretend to scoop up “lotion”, which she then pretended to rub into Chris’ forehead. After a few pretend lotionings, she said “Mama, you have some”, so I held out my hands and she wiped the pretend lotion on my hands so I could rub it on Chris’ head. This went on for a good five minutes at least.
The richness of her imagination amazes me on a daily basis. She pulls things she has seen on TV, bits from fleeting conversations that I’ve forgotten about, and her own imagination together into an adorable sense of make-believe. I haven’t even introduced her to crafts like finger-painting or gluing paper cutouts to construction paper yet (because of my own hatred of messes, not because she wouldn’t like it), but I can only imagine how much she would like that too.
And dress-up: I wish I had a closet of old dresses for her to play in, but I don’t, and I’ve never been a bridesmaid either, so I don’t have anything to cut down for her. But I hope I can find some things at thrift stores to help spark her imagination because I can’t wait to see where it will take her.
When my daughter was younger, she discovered a bunch of my old slips that I no longer wore. They were perfect for playing dress up, and the white ones made good “wedding” dresses!
She is so cute! What an imagination. I bought some old negligees at a yard sale when my daughter was little. She love to dress up in those.
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adorable! my daughter liked taking my shirts and using those for dress up! The boys take daddy’s shirts to play with as well!
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I love when kids say completely made up, creative things. It just amazes me. Kaitlyn is definitely a cutie patootie!
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Oh she is so cute! I love how rich their imaginations are at this age – everything becomes a chance for pretend play.
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