Pretend

This weekend we closed our eyes tight, clicked our heels, pushed the stroller 5 blocks down the street, and pretended we had a house with a yard and a 10-person hot tub. We're on kitty duty for a co-worker of Cap's who has a lovely home in our neighborhood. Addie pretended that if she could just grab the waterfall the right way, she could hold it in her hand.

We schlepped over a picnic blanket, a bottle of white wine and 3 bottles of formula. Camped out on the lawn, Cap and Addie developed a game where she'd take a rock out of the planter, hand it to Cap, he'd hand it back and she'd return it to the planter. The entire time she narrated the exchange. Then she'd squeeze herself in between the planters and poke at the mud. Laa naa nala laa na.