Tuesday, September 28, 2004

Baby imagination

This morning Matthew played one of his games where he pulls a blanket over himself -- usually with some help from Dad; he's not quite coordinated enough to cover his legs reliably -- and says "night night." Then he pretends to take a nap. Sometimes, like this morning, he adds snoring noises; I'm not sure where he picked that up. Rachel snores sometimes but it's been a long time since Matthew slept in the same room with us.

Matthew has also pretended to be a dog or more often cat, going on his hands and knees and making the appropriate animal sounds. He does this less frequently, though; the last time I remember was a couple weeks ago and Rachel doesn't remember anything more recent, either.

After "napping," Matthew added another game: he went and got an (adult) book, lay back down on the couch, and pretended to read it, flipping the pages Just Like Daddy. (I suppose it's probably Just Like Mommy, since he sees her reading more than he does me, but a dad's entitled to flatter himself every now and then.)

The odd thing is, he won't sit still and read a picture book with either of his parents. Occasionally he'll stand next to us while we play the Name That Picture game for a few seconds but then it's zoom back to tearing up the house.

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