Let's Pretend!

DeLaynie is highly imaginative. She loves to play pretend. At any given moment in our house, you can hear her yelling, "With the power to read, I can save the day!" just before jumping onto the couch. (This is, of course, a line from Super Why, one of her absolute favorite shows.) He other favorite line is, "I just loooooove being a princess!" I'm not sure where that comes from. She's been saying it a lot, and I think that it's a DeLaynie original.

She has a Go, Diego, Go! animal rescue center that someone from my dad's church generously gave her. I love listening to the conversations between Baby Jaguar and the bear cub. They're always talking about some adventure.

In the same vein, she hs been dressing up lately. She will play with whatever is available, such as Edwin's socks, underwear, and almost his shirt. See below.

In Ella-related news, she actually answered "Yes," today! Normally, she answers "No," while vigorously shaking her head, no matter how badly she wants what I'm asking her about. She must have really wanted those animal crackers, though, because she was quite excited about her answer in the affirmative. Her facial expressions are always able to make me giggle. For example...

Well, maybe it's just because I'm her mother, but I love her little faces. Or maybe they're not so little. I love her face. We'll go with that.