My son has started playing pretend and it has to be one of the cutest things I’ve ever seen. He’ll come up to me and declare he’s a puppy and bark and yap and pant and then he’ll be a cat and meow and purr and nuzzle me. Although the licking thing…that’s a bit creepy some times.

He pretends that soda bottles are baseball bats and smacks balloons around the house.

He likes to be cows and planes and “space cars” as he calls it.

Although he does seem to think that he should be allowed to eat cat food. I keep trying to explain to him that just because he’s playing at being a cat doesn’t mean he has to eat cat food. I think he’s finally getting it after he actually ate a piece the other night while my husband was putting laundry in and nearly choked.

This morning he’s decided he’s “Super Why” and is flying across the couches. I think this new phase is interesting to say the least. He consistently manages to surprise me.