the way we play, lately

we play with hedgehogs in this dollhouse, picked up at a garage sale when finn was a little baby. . .& lately peter and i both add little embellishments; he's been fashioning paper fireplaces, clocks, fridges; i cut out little pieces of blue felt and made quilts, pillows, a rug--

finn is into the animal imaginative play now, so into it. he still plays with his trucks and cars, but now he loads them up with animals. or else he creates characters for them as well, always starting the conversation with something like "hi! are you? I am a car! want mac-n-cheese baby?" (ordino, penguin, cow, hedgehog, etc.) yes and his "how are you" is always missing the "how". . .