We Play!

by | May 11, 2010 | Uncategorized | 2 comments


It’s We Play Tuesday at Childhood 101 again! This isn’t really a play area, but rather something Cutie Pie absolutely loves to do and thinks it is play, which carries to him using his imagination in other rooms of our home! He LOVES to help his Daddy make pancakes and waffles. Here they are making waffle batter for our Sunday night breakfast for dinner. To us, making dinner can be a chore (especially with little hands wanting to help!), but to him it’s exciting and fun to make something we eventually eat! Not to mention he’s working on his coordination, counting skills and following directions, as well as learning about patience as the food cooks! Notice he’s using his left hand…and Sweet Pea is keeping himself occupied playing in the pots and pans cupboard – he’s in the lower left corner!

We have to keep reminding ourselves how Cutie Pie sees it when it takes an hour to make something when without it help it usually takes half that time! Of course we pile on the praise when we eat the creation! (Especially when it is something he decided we should have for dinner!)
Many times throughout the week we find cooking utensils, pots, pans, bowls, anything they see us cooking with (that is not dangerous and is within their reach) in other rooms of the house having obviously been used as something – whether pretend cooking-related or not! – and often are treated to imaginary tacos, coffee, hot cocoa, cakes, cookies, you name it! Cutie Pie has quite an imagination and we truly believe his imagination for cooking comes from his love of helping his daddy cook!
Come play at the Childhood 101 We Play link up!

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  1. Christie - Childhood 101
    Christie - Childhood 101 on May 13, 2010 at 2:19 pm

    I love that you are having breakfast for dinner and that you are letting CP take the lead. Immy loves to 'mix,' so everything we eat has to be mixed! LOL

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  2. Daddy
    Daddy on May 14, 2010 at 7:14 pm

    I'm famous!

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