Her imagination is taking off and we are doing the best we can to make sure it doesn't get stifled. Just yesterday, I was reading a book on the couch next to the kids while they were watching Sesame Street. She saw me reading and pulled out one of her Richard Scarry books and started reading that instead of watching the TV. It made me so happy to see my little bookworm pull her head out of the TV and put it in a book where she could use her imagination. Periodically, she would interrupt me and say things like, "I have never seen pickle car with pig's tail before" or, "I love to eat grapes and raisins."
She also enjoys the artsy side of life. She will now just sit and color or paint for about an hour. She loves playing with play-doh, crayons, markers, water colors, and paper. The fall she started preschool and she always brings home something they did at school. She loves it (which is a big relief to us) despite how shy she is with lots of people around. She also loves to play with the beanbags Lauren made for them. She likes to practice playing catch or tossing them into a tub. Or arranging them to make shapes like people or dinosaurs. In short, we have two of the cutest kids in the world.
