Daniel is the child I have observed most closely transitioning through his stages. That may seem a little odd, but due to the very close spacing of the first three, I felt like I was in survival mode much of the time. I missed a lot. Since Daniel is almost 3 years younger than Isaac, and the other kids are off at school, or in Isaac's case, very independent, Daniel is who I hang out with now.
He has always been a creative child, evident in how he talks and the things he points out. But recently he entered a stage which I absolutely love! And no, it is sadly not the "potty train by yourself so mom doesn't have to do anything" stage. Still waiting on that one. He has started constructing pretend scenarios and scripting his attendees. We've seen pretend play in him for quite a while, but this is definitely something different. Here is an example:
The Ogre, T-rex, and triceratops were placed in this configuration. He set up their chairs around the box, his "table." So far today, he has offered them scrambled eggs, and most recently he asked them if they wanted to play Tokyo. Daniel watches Chris and the big kids play a game called King of Tokyo, and it must have left a huge impression on him. He is using a handful of variable sided dice as eggs, by the way. Purple eggs. I love it!
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