I've been listening to Maggie & Amy play this morning. No idea where it began, but I've heard it change from marker magic wands ("bibbidy-bobbidy-boo") which all the girls in the house received and marker swords (apparently the boys declined theirs) to pretend drawing Mermaid Land (which turns you into a mermaid). I can't even list all the morphed pretend play. Now I hear something about butterflies and snakes. Can I begin to write how grateful I am that Maggie has Amy?!? Maggie is always the ringleader, but Amy can definitely hold her own.
Somehow it reminded me of getting our house ready to sell in Colorado. The kids all wanted to play Real Estate Agent. They would alternate ringing the doorbell and playing tour guide. "This is the living room...Did you notice the beautiful window?" Of course this game went along with Garage Sale. "I would like to buy this binder. Only 10 cents? What a deal!" These two games merged whenever they played Puney Land with legos. Then it was the punies that went garage sale-ing and bought/sold their homes. They also delivered mail and shopped for clothes, with puney currency (green legos). I love that they have each other. It's a far cry from when I had to play Sorry by myself as a kid.
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