Monday, December 28, 2009

My Little Pretender


Kiara has the greatest imagination. Whenever she is home, she is constantly involving herself in these great make-believe situations. Her most repeated scenario is where she is the teacher of a classroom. She will sit down on the floor and read a book to her "students." She will take pauses to ask questions to her students and even reprimand those students who are misbehaving. There are 2 names that she is constantly using: Becca and Angel. Since I always hear about Angel and how he behaves, I asked Kiara's preschool teacher to point out Angel one day. The teacher looked at me like I was crazy and said we don't have an Angel in our classroom. How was I to know that Angel didn't exist and was only in her mind?! She also likes to play "Honey" which is when she is the mother and I am the baby. She calls me "honey" a lot during that.

Not only does Kiara love to teach but she also loves to dance. Whenever there is music playing, Kiara will be dancing. Sometimes it seems she is doing some kind of interruptive dance. She has this one move where she puts her head down, then flips it up and moves her hands at the same time. Brian and I would like to put her in dance class, but I know dance class can be very expensive and time consuming. We don't mind spending time and money but at 3 years old, I don't know if it is necessary. I think my Kiara has great opportunities ahead of her. It is almost overwhelming to think of the possibilities that she has. My hope is that she will always live in her imagination and know no limits.