Recently my almost 4 year old Stink Bug has become quite the meal tracker. When I pick him up from preschool, he tells me that he didn't have breakfast, but he had a snack, and it's lunchtime. And tell him he did too have breakfast! But it always sound suspicious, like I'm trying to hide the fact that I don't actually feed him.
In addition to his meal tracking, Stink Bug has also been doing a lot more imaginary/pretend play. It's really cute, and I love to hear about the baby doll who had to get tied up because the cops thought she was a monster, but she was really just a mommy. Though I have to be honest, it made me a little sad that the mommy was so easily confused with a monster :'( In case you were wondering, the baby doll who wasn't-a-monster,-just-a-mommy was not untied when the cop realized his mistake. That took June Bug waking up from her nap, seeing her favorite baby doll tied up and shrieking in protest.
Hmm, I seem to have strayed a bit off topic here. Where was I going with this? Oh yeah, so recently my little stinker has combined these two games. Today, as we were leaving physical therapy, he announced that he had told his therapist, Ms. Awesome, that he didn't eat breakfast. Then he started cackling madly and said he was just pretending, and he tricked her. All of a sudden I read deeper meaning into the looks I was getting when I picked him up from school. With a sinking feeling I asked if he tricks anyone else. Sure enough, every day for the past week(!!!) he has been telling his teacher that he doesn't eat breakfast and that I forget to give him lunch. I don't know if I'll be able to look her in the eye tomorrow.
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