Pretend Play

Mine called me "Mr. Smee" (from Peter Pan) and would only answer to "Captain Hook" for the longest time. Sadly, I didn't get wine, but I was served invisible pirate food daily.

Another period of time, he named his feet. Each foot had a name, and I had to call both feet by name if I wanted him to come to the table, for example. If I called him by name, his feet couldn't come because I hadn't called them!

I'm not a wine drinker. Mine brought me pretend steak and pretend Guinness.

No imaginary bottles of wine for me.
But when our son was three he use to pretend he was a doctor and operate on me.
He had this toy doctor kit, he'd carry it in, take my temperature, tell me I was very sick.
I had to lay down, he'd pretend operate, give me a pretend shot, put on a pretend band aid then tell me I was all better!
At one point he wanted to be a fireman/policeman/dentist/doctor/palaeontologist/astronaut/engineer.
It's never a dull moment with kids!

LOL. That is cute! One time we were at the grocery store picking up some last minute things and my DH and I were discussing what else we needed..my four year old DS said "don't forget the beer dad" VERY LOUDLY. I was so embarrassed! I love when my kids pretend play, just listening to them talk and make up stories. I wonder if my mind was that "busy" at four years old?

I'm not a big drinker, but they've certainly brought me many a cup of tea, coffee or lemonade.

My oldest went through a phase where she made us "fish stew" constantly. Yuck!

I love this imaginary play - it made me smile! He is a very creative thinker and planner and very observant. So much fun at this age. I hope you are recounting some of these precious moments in diary or taping him on his adventures. They are much too precious to lose and you will enjoy looking back at them. No i never got an imaginary bottle of wine, but I have gotten an imaginary dinner and lots of imaginary pies and cakes! Enjoy!

That's so cute I can't even stand it. Mine never got me imaginary wine, and more's the pity. I could use a glass right around now. But once, at 3, he "hired" a whole fleet of imaginary friends to serve as my personal bodyguards.

They never did get me imaginary wine however I always loved to watch their pretend play. It's so cute to see how their minds work when they are in charge of things.

My son in law was working on the wheels of his jeep. The next morning my 1 yr old granddaughter flipped her ride on toy on it's side and started poking the wheels with a spoon obviously fixing her wheels.

That's so cute! Mine is obsessed with mummies right now. So mostly, I die and become a mummy. Archaeologist son digs me up. And finally I end up in the museum to be further studied.

This suits me just fine because I get to sit on the couch and be dead.

I get a lot of ice cream cones, but I don't even like ice cream all that much!

I wish I got a bottle of wine!!! I did try to get my 6 year to get me a beer last night while I was making dinner. She ignored me, and I let it slide...I decided to have a real drink instead.

My 6 year old is teaching my toddler to play dog. It's one of their favorite games, so now I have a 16 month old that is crawling around panting. It's hilarious. She just so wants to participate..and the other day she even called out "fire" to get my sons attention.

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oh, how i MISS this phase! this is one of the BEST parts of childhood! i miss my boys doing this and i miss ME doing this!
it never has to get tiresome so long as the parents are kind but firm about how much they can participate at any given moment. and when they're consistent, the kids are fine with letting parents off the hook and continuing the game solo (or with a huge cast of stuffed animals, action figures and imaginary participants.)
i LOVE that you are enjoying this! i envy you.
:) khairete
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No, but this stage is a lot of fun! Write down as much as you can - because time goes quickly and one day you'll wished you'd remembered more than you did.

My oldest once told us (he was 3?) that we were not his real parents. His real parents lived in France and were engineers. This was also the one who mimicked me driving, while playing in a toy car yelling "get out of the way you fucking truck!" around the same age.

Ah, the pretend years.

Grandboy initiated ever more complex scenarios starting around age 3. He still does this occasionally at age 8, but his games are so much more realistic now – they've lost much of that magical innocence. Like Suz T., I really miss those games. He liked to go to his "construction" job when he was younger; now he plans to be a computer programmer like Dad. He never brought me wine, but he came and shopped in my "store" when he got his paycheck, then took his groceries home to make dinner.

Great question! Having fun with the other answers!

When my daughter was 2, she wanted "10 bucks" (real dollars) for cutting my hair for pretend.

I have also had countless knee and hip replacement and have suffered through many needles thanks to my oldest daughter's imagination.

My daughter also had 3 children...Jimmy, James and Jim all named after her imaginary husband Jim.