Pretend Play

Anna has been sick this week, which has resulted in a few trips to the doctor. Consequently, she's been playing doctor a lot at home. She likes Abby to play with her:

So maybe Abby doesn't really know that she's pretending to be a doctor, but she did do something really cute yesterday that I think was her first "pretending." She had this little piece of cloth (it's a doll blanket in a dollhouse so it' really small) and she kept rubbing it on the dollhouse then rubbing it on my face. Then she did her face a few times. Every time I said, "Oh, thanks for wiping my face," she would get a big smile. I'm not sure what she was pretending to do. I'll have to ask her next year to think back and explain it to me :)

Playing dress up and pretending to be a...

Well, I'm not exactly sure, but it sure is cute!

And finally, pretending to do laundry or actually helping? :