It''s only pretend!!

You get a sneak preview to the imaginative world of kids when they narrate their fantasies.They can convert a mundane task to an exciting adventure. I guess it is more mundane to us rather than them, because for them they do is new and exciting. Wish we could change our perspective and unlearn whatever we know, so that every experience makes us delighted.

So role playing is now one of my daughters favorite games. So whatever she says is "only pretend".She will take her small story book and charge at you opening and closing the pages of the book, which look like a monsters mouth.

Daughter - "Mom look a monster, rarrh raarh raarh!!"
Me - "Aaah take it away..."
Daughter(reassuringly) - "Mom, its only pretend, its just a book."

So we asked her to make pretend orange juice yesterday. Here was her recipe.

Daughter - "Step 1, open the fridge and take out the oranges.Oh I don't have any oranges!!"
We told her to get the oranges from the shop.
Daughter - "OK, I am going to the shop. I got 10 oranges. Now I need a stirring bowl, a spoon and an orange steering wheel."
Well yes you might have guessed what an orange steering wheel was, an orange juice extractor!! Couldn't help laughing.
Daughter - "Then I will take a glass, put some sugar and some orange juice, and then what shall I do?"
Well we asked her to serve the juice.
And if she were asked to drink any pretend juice, you would get a melodramatic "Mmmh deli-ci-ous!!" from her.

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