I can remember when Isabelle was just this little bundle of baby who just lay there. And now she plays and imagines. It blows my mind. I know we all did it. I know other kids do it but it still amazes me.

She got these little toy camping people for her birthday. Alan put them in their sleeping bags and she put her finger to her lips, said “shhhh”, and then lay down next to them to pretend sleep. And tonight she made me kiss them as they were sleeping in their sleeping bags.

She also got a little tea set. We sit there pretending to eat cake and drink tea. We stir our milk and sugar in and make chomping noises as we’re eating. Yum, yum, yum!

And sometimes we wear hats. I’m sure you’ve seen a picture or two of Isabelle with this bucket on her head. Well lately she LOVES wearing it. On Saturday she didn’t want to take it off. Not even when we went out to eat. We sat in the outside dining area of the restaurant and there she was in her little bucket, people commenting how they liked her “hat”. She didn’t even want to take it off though it was warm and her little head was getting all sweaty.

And, oh no, just her wearing a hat isn’t enough. She wants everyone to wear hats! Maybe that’s why the other night I came to a silly realization as I was videotaping her dancing around. She was wearing a onesie but had made me dress her in her shoes, pants, a dress, and a hat. I was thinking how cute and silly she was being. That’s when I noticed, that while I was thinking about how silly she was wearing her hat, I was wearing this big ass sombrero on my head. God knows how long I had it on. Yes we must all wear hats!!