Life Imitating... Well, Life

Hannah loves playing make believe and her imagination often leaves me dumbfounded. Generally, I am recruited to participate in her games as "just watching" is frowned upon. Today, we acted out a scenario where I was grandma. All I had to do was answer questions, but I was constantly called grandma. It made me feel old. Then again, there's another game where I'm the babysitter and she's the mom giving me all the instructions, so I guess it evens out in the end.

Tonight, while strategically trying to delay clean-up and bedtime, Hannah spent a lot of time "setting up her staff room". It was quite involved (meaning she pretty much emptied every toy/puzzle/piece of paper from every container to create this special space), but I have to admit, she could explain the relevance of every piece. And then how do you ask her to take it all apart when she just finished putting it together? The dismay in her eyes... it was enough to gain her an additional 10 minutes of playing.

I love watching her act out the most mundane scenes from our lives. After we spent a few minutes sorting some clothes, she then started bringing me clothes from her doll saying things like, "This is too small, it's size 500." And she's very serious about these re-enactments.

While I might not always relish the roles I'm given, I enjoy reliving our quotidian activities with a twist. A Twist of Hannah. Hmmm... might make for a better show than A Twist of Kate (albeit minus the pun).