Today felt extra special for me. Christian (my 2yr old) and I were hanging out by my mother’s house and after a long game of bouncing on imaginary trampolines and climbing imaginary stairs, (to my relief) we took a walk to the imaginary library.
Now, this imaginary library is a spot that we visit quite regularly. What was different today, was that we spent about 45 minutes there. This came as quite a surprise to me since we have never really stayed in this library for more than 15 minutes, being the quiet place that it is.
Needless to say, we went about it as we normally would. He mouthed that we were in the library then declared, “We have to be very quiet, ok, Mommy? We cannot be loud”. He proceeded to ask me which book I wanted to choose and after he denied my first two options, he conceded to my final request.
This book, Home: A Collaboration of Thirty Authors & Illustrators (Reading Rainbow Book)
, is a collection of poems and short stories that he has apparently come to love. I was directed to read the first story in a whisper. At first, my whisper was too loud and I was warned that I had to lower my voice before I was sent out of the library. I, finally, “caught” the right pitch and we moved through at least four poems and two more books, completely, forgetting that we were in a fake library! The whole experience had become too eerily real for me and I decided to become the defiant, loud kid in the building that day. I started making unexpected slips into a loud voice which my child thought was hilarious. He kept warning me that if I was not careful, I would not be invited back to the library. I was laughing so hard at his stern reprimands that he finally submitted to the hilarity of the situation and became a defiant, loud kid himself. Unfortunately, as a result of our behavior, we both got thrown out of the library!
Ah well, I am sure there are more libraries in this town!
Psst!! What imaginary games have you and your little one(s) been enjoying? I would love to here. Feel free to share here...
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