PRETEND PLAY

There was a time months ago that it didn't exist, so when I see my son growing with 'pretend play', it makes me burst with pride.

This morning, he was gathering objects in his little shopping cart from around the house. He placed them all on the counter of the play kitchen we have. He grabbed his pretend cash register, equipped with scanner, and proceeded to scan each item and then throw them in the shopping cart. I asked him what he was doing and he said "shopping at Vons". About a minute later he said he was "paying" and then pushed the cart really fast down the hallway, saying "bye mommy, I'm going home"!

He was so excited, but I think I was more.