A few weeks ago, I was in the kitchen slaving over a gourmet dinner for my family. And by gourmet, I mean I sprinkled some fancy shredded mozzarella cheese on a Hamburger Helper meal. The kids were in the living room
"You be the daddy, I'll be the mommy, and Anna and Davy can be the babies."
Awwww, how cute. They were playing "house." I kept one ear and eye on the kids while I stirred the pot of simmering pasta on the stove.8 year old Katie took her role as mommy very seriously in the game, giving hugs to Anna (3 years old) when she pretended to have an owie and finding a toy for Davy (2 years old) to play with. 6 year old Nano, in his part as the daddy, sat down on the couch with my library book on his lap.
Now I was intrigued. Kids tend to emulate their parents while playing "house," but Hubby doesn't have time to read books so I wasn't sure what Nano was doing.
Nano sat on the couch flipping through pages in my book for about 10 minutes while Katie stayed busy taking care of her two younger siblings/children and cooking in the kids' play kitchen. Then he put the book down, put his red baseball cap on, and declared that he was heading to the farm before going into his room to play with his tractors. I stopped him as he passed by the kitchen.
