Rosie's imagination has took off in the last few months, so I thought she would get a kick out of six tiny fairies I bought that would fly in to visit her a few days a week. I was right. The first time she saw them, she took them immediately over to the nearest surface and starting acting out scenarios with them. No props were needed. The fairies were having conversations about farms and donuts.
One day last week, I was pushing Buddy on the swing and I noticed a little area by the tree that had some bright green clumps of grass starting to grow, little wildflowers here and there, and a small dirt area. A vision came... it was a fairy village!
I told Rosie my idea and to say she was excited is putting it mildly. We went inside to grab the fairies (and a few trucks for Buddy), and came back outside to set up our village. We decided the clumps of grass were the fairies' houses, and we could make them little pebble walkways. We both loved it, and for once, I felt I could really get into what she was playing.
I am not always good at playing, per se, and it's something a couple of Mom friends and I have discussed. I found it particularly difficult when the kids were newborns. But, this- the fairy village? This was something I could get into! I have loved miniatures of all kinds since I was a kid- dollhouses, trains, etc. This was completely up my alley, and I loved that Rosie was on board, too. I'm looking forward to Buddy joining us when he is ready/ wants to.
It was a particularly good day to be a stay at home mom.
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