Pretend play

I noticed a few weeks ago (during the HFM crisis), while my mom and I took Adelaide on a walk in her stroller, Adelaide seemed to be "eating" something from her tray, where I usually put her snacks on her walk. However, I forgot to bring any on this walk... So, I think that was Adelaide's first real "pretend" moment.

Then, this past Friday, we planned to meet the Frank clan at the pool after work for pizza dinner and swimming, but a thunderstorm ruined the plan right as the pizza was delivered. We brought the pizza over to their house, and Adelaide and Carter had the best time playing. Carter pretended he was feeding hay to a horse in its stall (aka a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs). Adelaide watched intently for a while as he picked the "hay" off the carpet and fed it to the "horse." Then, she bent down, and picked up some hay for herself! It just amazed me. She had learned the pretend game, and joined in. They had a very nice time for a while, with Adelaide picking up hay, handing it to Carter, and then Carter fed it to the horse.

I am just so shocked how quickly she is learning things now. Oh, and she sings "Eee-Iiii-Eee-Iiii-Oooo!" How adorable!

I need to also upload some videos of her playing with Krista's puppy, Fran. They were two little babies in love. It was so cute.

I really am going to book that vacation day for archiving soon; otherwise, all of my photo/video efforts are never going to be caught up!