Or as Matthew would say "play 'tend". I always knew kids were full of imagination. I remember pretending to drive, being a teacher, an adult, a mom, pretending with my barbies, pretending with others or by myself. But it still surprised me when Matthew started pretending all the time at such a young age. First it started with pretend phone calls. Now he goes on imaginary hunts for dinosaurs, lions, bears, and bugs.
He goes on these hunts armed with a plastic water gun and he arms me with a miniature chainsaw. He tells me "ti - toe mama". Then we stalk around the living room and kitchen. And oddly enough whichever imaginary creature we encounter it is always small (thank goodness I wouldn't want to encounter a full sized imaginary T-Rex!) He pretends to teach his stuffed animals. He will sit them in a row and hold up a book asking them to identify objects in the book that he points to with his drumstick. He pretends to cook and eat (and no item is off limits for cooking and pretend eating - lions, bugs, T-shirts, mud, etc.) He will walk up to me with his little hands cupped and tell me to "just try it Ma-ma". After I have tried his imaginary offering he will tell me what it is so I can either pretend to spit it out or enjoy it.
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