20 June 2008
childhood in the 21st century
Seven has a corner of what should be the dining room but is in fact a computer/play/mess room for her dolly swing/bed/diapering station thingummy, her (inherited from older sibs) Little Tykes Playhouse, and a Little Tykes play kitchen bought used and much faded from its long stint as an outside toy. She has a nice little pretend world waiting for her there.
Today when she got home from "camp" (aka half day preschool but they CALL it camp--engendering thereby much anxiety in poor Seven who assumed for a long time, till I realized what was going on, that she'd have to bring a tent and sleep there and she din' wanna) she was sort of at loose ends. So I asked Two to start her up a bit--you know, give her a jumpstart to Pretend Land.
When I left the room, Two was helping Seven get her dolly (named "Dolly," surprisingly enough) into the swing.
A couple seconds later, from the kitchen where I was wondering why I always always manage to step on a grape if there happens to be one on a floor in a 10 mile radius of my feet, I hear:
Two (coaxingly): "Look Seven, Dolly wants you to push her in the swing."
Seven: "YOU push Dolly; I watch TV." Whereupon she plopped her little self on the couch and started clicking the remote.
hmmmm....maybe I can re-sell that play kitchen.....
Today when she got home from "camp" (aka half day preschool but they CALL it camp--engendering thereby much anxiety in poor Seven who assumed for a long time, till I realized what was going on, that she'd have to bring a tent and sleep there and she din' wanna) she was sort of at loose ends. So I asked Two to start her up a bit--you know, give her a jumpstart to Pretend Land.
When I left the room, Two was helping Seven get her dolly (named "Dolly," surprisingly enough) into the swing.
A couple seconds later, from the kitchen where I was wondering why I always always manage to step on a grape if there happens to be one on a floor in a 10 mile radius of my feet, I hear:
Two (coaxingly): "Look Seven, Dolly wants you to push her in the swing."
Seven: "YOU push Dolly; I watch TV." Whereupon she plopped her little self on the couch and started clicking the remote.
hmmmm....maybe I can re-sell that play kitchen.....
