Hide and Seek!

Today held one of those unusually relaxed mornings.  You know, the ones we all love where we sit around in our pjs waiting for the just-woke-up sleepiness to wear off - and then some!  I was leisurely reading my email when Abigail came running into the room, plopped on the couch, covered her head with a blanket and said, "Shhhhhhhhhhhh!"  (Score big for me having my camera within reach!)

I heard counting in the other room, and watched in amusement as Jen came doing her little pony trot with her walker shortly thereafter, and was (surprise!) able to find Abigail pretty quickly.  Then Abigail ran off to count and Jen plopped down on the couch in the very same spot and covered her head with the very same blanket.  Yup, Abigail found her.

I thought that must certainly be the end of this particular hiding place.  Wrong.  Princess A.  Same spot, same "Shhhhhhhhhhhh!"  ..... different blanket....

While this sequence of events amused me greatly, it also caused me to think back to a year ago.  Only one year ago the Little Princesses did not know how to play.  I remember when they went in their playroom full of toys and just SAT.  There were toys all around them, but they didn't know what to do with them.  We've spent a year developing imagination and learning to play.

Today, even though their "hiding places" weren't very "good" they were actually playing together.   There is a certain progression of thought shown with Miss A using a different blanket and covering her entire self up the second time around.  I believe we are making progress!