My Kids Have Multiple Personalities!

Since they were toddlers, my kids have been exposed to pretend play with their mom (that’s me!) not having any qualms being a lion, a bear, a rabbit, a queen, a witch, or whatever character needs to be put to life during story/playtime.  As they grew older, they transitioned from being my captive audience to being my co-stars.  Now preschoolers, they can weave their own stories and even create their own script.

Jade:  Jakei, you say ‘what are you doing, Summer?’ and then I’ll say ‘Oh nothing really, Henry.’ But I’m really preparing a surprise. Then you go over there walk back and pretend that you were surprised.

If you watch Disney Channel, you’d know who Henry and Summer are.  They are among the characters my kids love to pretend to be. There’s also Sophia and James, Jake and Izzy, and Doc and Stuffie.  I do let them watch television everyday but limit their tube time.  When TV time is over, the real fun begins!  While I do my chores, the kids become busy with their toys, notepads, drawing books, etcetera. Oftentimes, I stop what I’m doing to watch them at play.  It’s really entertaining to watch them pretend to be someone else in their own magical place.  But not when this happens:

Mama: Jade…………. Jasmine………… Jasmine……………. JADE………. JADE! CAN’T YOU HEAR ME?!

Jade: But I’m not Jade. I’m Maya the Bee. Jakei is Willy.

Jakei: I’m not Willy. I’m no one. Ate Jade is Maya, so you call her Maya.

If you’ve been spending the entire day doing backbreaking chores, this can be exasperating.  Fortunately, I don’t always spend the entire day doing backbreaking chores so most days, it’s just downright amusing.  Anyway, there’s no one else to blame but me.  I’m the one who raised my kids to have multiple personalities.  😛 As long as I get to be Momma Hugglemonster, the Queen, or Dottie’s Mom and not some ugly witch or horrible villain, I’m find with the pretend plays. 😀