Pretend games

I adore being the mommy of a very creative and spontaneous toddler.  Gioia's imagination has taken flight and she pretends to be a ballerina, a chef, a cleaner, a gardener and of course a doctor.  She is able to amuse herself for much of the day, and I love to listen to the conversations she initiates with both imaginary friends and real ones.  Here the girls are giving each other physicals.  Breathing in and out and coughing on demand had Julie and I chuckling into our tea cups.