Friends

There are several games lately, which were invented out of necessity on rainy days but seem to have stuck. Pretend zoo, when the weather was too cold to be outside long.  Pretend library, where Scarlett made a book drop and pretended to return her books.  Pretend park.  Pretend birthday party (shown below), pretend swimming pool.  Then we have for-reals-fort and for-reals-park, because spring seems to be sticking around.

Scarlett is suddenly extra attached to her teddy bears.  She hugs them close and whimpers 'I love my bear' while shaking her head, and she picks one to sleep which each night, though when I go to check on her, the bear is always thrown to the side and she's holding Arnie tight.  I'm fascinated by her preferences and how they change.  The baby dolls are getting less love, while the stuffed animals see more.  When we're going someplace in the car, she tries to bring all of them, or as many as she can carry.