While Mommy was on a work conference call this week, Vanessa decided to set up for a "picnic party." I realized she had gotten into the pantry and pulled out the paper plates, and when I acknowledged that, Vanessa said "I need JUST one for my party, Mommy." I nodded that was fine, knowing she couldn't possibly stop at one. A few minutes later I noticed she was setting out ALL the plates.
After getting off the conference call Vanessa told me "We're having a party, Mommy. Look! There will be lots of people. Let me go get balloons." She pretended to go get balloons and carried them back into the kitchen. She then threw pretend "streamers" about. "Is it a picnic? Want to come to my picnic party?" Mommy happily accepted -- "I sure do!"
And can I just add that this idea could lead to a wonderful surface area problem?! Probably not reasonable for an almost 3-year-old, but for older kids, our ugly geometric floor and perfectly round paper plates seem to be a perfect combination!
