What an Imagination!

Jake has always cracked us up with his imagination. He loves to pretend! His two favorite pretend play activities are eating and talking on the phone. Before he even turned one, he loved sitting with a spoon and container (it never mattered what kind of container) and pretending to feed himself. Sometimes he didn't even use a spoon and container, he just pretended to pick something up with his fingers and put it in his mouth. He also loved feeding Mommy and Daddy. Now he prefers bigger bowls and spoons, but he still enjoys pretending to eat.

He's always been obsessed with every phone in our house, so it wasn't surprising to see him pretend to use the phone. He will put anything up to his ear and start talking. He begins with, "ello" (his word for hello), then jabbers for a while before sometimes saying, "Bye," and hanging up. When he uses his hand for a phone, he pretends to push a button on his palm to turn the phone off. It's too funny, because he acts so serious.

He also pretends to read his books, take his temperature, put gel in his hair, pour soap or lotion on and rub it in, etc. One of the funniest things, though, was when he got club soda out of the pantry, pretended to pour it on the carpet and then wiped it up with his pretend cloth. He'd only seen me do this once, about a month before. It's amazing the things they pick up on. I really hope he continues to have such a fun imagination.