Shhhh, night-night!

Miss V loves to play pretend with her stuffed animals/dolls. Her two favorite games are to push them in her baby stroller in the loop around our living room/dining room/kitchen or to put them "night-night" on our big living room couch blanket.

One of the very first books that V understood was a baby peekaboo book where a teddy bear flap is covering a sleeping baby. I would always say "Shhhh" when I got to the page and pretty soon I heard her saying it when she was reading on her own. Now anyone/anything that is sleeping is called "shhhhh."  Dad works late so he is usually still sleeping when V and I get up in the mornings. She always asks though, "Dada?" and I say "shhhhh sleeping" and she repeats with her little shy smile/chin tuck that is reserved for when she flirts with him :)

She has recently really started to pretend where she is also in on the game. So she gets her kiddos all set and then joins in on "bedtime."

Ever since she was an infant this "butt up" pose is her preferred sleep position!

V is just so loving and sweet with her dolls and animals. She picks each one up and makes sure to hug them before getting the next one. On this day, she continued the game on our couch pillows that are more often on the floor than the couch.

Each times she plays this game it seems like a new "element" is added. She started going to the bin in her room where her blankets are and bringing them to the living room and carefully spreading on the floor for a new "bed."

I am really starting to see why parents say that toys end up all over the house!

Curious George is still her all time favorite and he is the only one that goes in her crib at night. She wakes up talking about him; usually "George vacuum" because she likes that episode of the show the best. It has greatly improved her fear of the real vacuum! 

A girl and her George take 2

I am a HUGE advocate of play being involved in education. So glad V is already partaking!