Thursday, October 7, 2010

Independent Play and Canadian Pirates

It's been a busy week and a half--visitors, birthday parties, our first kindergarten play date, Tyler's first week back at school (not fun). It was also a very busy week for the Ninas (Ava's dolls).  They saw a lot of action that included the first official Nina Time Out (Nina!  No!!  You get a time out!!).

Ava has always been very good at "independent play". Sophie needs a lot of interaction and wants to chat constantly ("That's funny, right?").  Ava wants to play with her dolls and they are a very active, talkative lot. She's got a routine down that involves banging, a constant dialogue and occasionally some shouting.

Behold...


In other news, Sophie is really loving school.  She no longer soils herself (involuntarily or otherwise); she's making friends and she went on her first field trip (to a farm). She is very focused on Halloween and has been a tiny bit preoccupied with pirates.

Behold...

(Sophie, Ava and I are in the car. They're watching The Wiggles.)

Sophie: Mom, are pirates real?

Me: Not exactly. Not like Captain Feathersword (the friendly pirate). Nowadays when people talk about pirates, they mean something different.

Sophie: So they're not real.

Me: Not anymore.  But a long time ago there were pirates like Captain Feathersword.

Sophie: Yeah.  In Canada.

Argggggh, eh?

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