Pretend play is no joke sometimes

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While I was braiding my hair this past week-end, my kids were at liberty to do pretty much whatever they wanted. Mommy can we watch a movie? Yes. Mommy can we play with playdoh? Yes. Mommy I'm pretending that I'm having a baby. Say what, now?! That last one kind of had me shook. It was coming from my 3 year old.

I had been listening to my daughter as she told my son, "I need to go to the hospital", and he in turn jumped in the recliner and pretended to speed though the streets, and burn rubber at every turn. But, what I was not prepared for was my daughter pretending to get out of a car, wobbling and holding her belly. I asked her what they were doing and that's when the statement that stopped me in my tracks came along.

Of course, I can laugh about it now, ( which I have several times with my mama and grandma who nearly laughed to tears), but at the time it was not funny. I'm thinking, what in the heck has she been watching when I'm not at home? See, I told my husband that Family Guy was soooo not appropriate for them.

Anyway, I told my husband about it and he said that something like that happened on a Nickelodeon show the other day. Why Nickelodeon, why? I guess I can't blame them that my children (like most) absorb and repeat everything they hear. For now, I'm going to chop it up to the fact that they will someday be wonderful actors. (Big sigh)

Signed,
The B.A.D.D. Kids' Mom