Playing Cinderella

Zee has this great imagination on her! She dearly loves to pretend to be a princess and dance around. Did you know that princesses MUST dance with their eyes closed?! Me neither.

Yesterday Zee decided that she was "Cinner-enna" as she calls her favorite princess. I got the dubious honor of being the evil step-mother. I guess there really weren't any other female roles for a mommy, but I wasn't exactly honored that the step-mother was the role Zee immediately thought of when she assigned my role. Well, as we played, I learned that apparently Zee never realized that the step-mother was evil. Thank goodness she doesn't automatically associate me with evil!

Pretend play isn't easy for me unfortunately. I remember being a kid and thinking that I'd never stop playing pretend, and here I am...just where I said I wouldn't be. I think the very fact that I have a hard time doing it now means that I NEED to do it more. I know Zee would appreciate that for sure. Practice makes perfect, right? I just need to open my heart and brain to my inner child and remember how to let go.

So I guess I'm off to play princesses!