Playtime

Last night Matt and I were discussing the development of longer stretches of play between the girls. I am grateful for these windows of time--I never know when they will occur, or how long they will last--but grateful, nonetheless. In recent days, I've observed doctor/hospital play (using Jillian's bed as the hospital bed). Jillian is always the doctor, and Adrienne is always the patient. Sometimes a stuffed animal gets the treatment, too, but the guinea pig is most often a none-the-wiser Adrienne. Yesterday, they spent a lot of time playing "home", which meant Jillian discovered Adrienne, who apparently didn't have a mother, and took her home (to her room) to take care of her. Part of this scenario also included a "sleepover" in which both girls did a fantastic job pretending to be asleep. Regardless of the game being played, Jillian is the boss who makes the rules clear--and Adrienne is expected to follow them, or else!

The mother attending to her orphan

Time for some sleep

I think this sleeping on the floor idea really stuck with Adrienne, because she decided to test it out at bedtime. I didn't know this until I had a startling moment upon my nightly late night check of the girls.

Where is my child?

This looks suspicious

Aha!