SCENE: Two five-year-old girls are walking barefoot and hand-in-hand down a forest path. Natalie is holding a big foam sword in her other hand. I am walking by and eavesdropping from another path
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i wish i could do justice to the conversation i had with N, S and R, about their epic battle with the QUEEN, who is made out of sugar and rules candyland, except they are actually the rightful rulers, because they are princesses. "but we don't know it yet." it's very important to keep the meta-discourse of one's fairytales firmly in mind when making mudballs carefully covered in ferns.
I find it interesting that in general these kids are less allergic than I was to admitting that they're playing pretend games. They will *gleefully* say things like "We're pretending we're dolphins who are stuck in trees!" or whatever -- and it doesn't break their stride. I remember never wanting to tell a grownup or even another kid that I was PRETENDING, lest it break the spell or something. I know my friends at the time also shared this aversion, but I'm beginning to wonder how common it is.
I don't remember my childhood stance on pretend, but my critters are with yours. For example, my kids know that Santa Claus isn't real. Nonetheless many nights at bedtime Critter #1 tells me we're pretending to be on a train (or boat or car trip) waiting for Santa to come, and I have to be in my bed by midnight or Santa won't come.
And you MUST have a camera. If you can't get yours fixed and can't afford a replacement of the kind you want, you need a cheap just-for-now camera. Depriving YOU of a camera is like cutting off a couple of your fingers.
I desperately wish I had a camera in one eye so I could capture whatever awesomeness won't last long enough for me to get the normal camera, turn it on, and capture the now-long-past moment.
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it's very important to keep the meta-discourse of one's fairytales firmly in mind when making mudballs carefully covered in ferns.
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I find it interesting that in general these kids are less allergic than I was to admitting that they're playing pretend games. They will *gleefully* say things like "We're pretending we're dolphins who are stuck in trees!" or whatever -- and it doesn't break their stride. I remember never wanting to tell a grownup or even another kid that I was PRETENDING, lest it break the spell or something. I know my friends at the time also shared this aversion, but I'm beginning to wonder how common it is.
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Parenting can be a lot of fun.
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And you MUST have a camera. If you can't get yours fixed and can't afford a replacement of the kind you want, you need a cheap just-for-now camera. Depriving YOU of a camera is like cutting off a couple of your fingers.
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