Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery

Like I said the other day, Gavin and Vivian play very differently. This post is about how Vivi plays. The majority of Vivian's playtime is spent doing things that Wes and I do. She'll copy us while we're doing something or she'll just be doing something on her own that she's seen us do at some point.

For instance, she loves to play with the laundry. She'll pick up a piece of clothing and pretend to fold it by holding onto two ends and then repeatedly putting them together. She also likes to "sort" clothes into different piles (because, let's be serious, we stopped folding clothes a long time ago; clothes in our house are now just sorted and then pushed into dresser drawers). Okay, she doesn't actually sort the clothes based on anything, but she does throw clothes into different piles.

She also likes to answer her phone. Vivi has been obsessed with our cell phones for months. Last week, I got her a toy flip phone. She LOVES it. When she opens it, the phones says, "Hello?" and then it says "Goodbye!" when she closes it. I gave it to her on the way home from the store and all I heard was, "Hello? Goodbye! Hello? Goodbye! Hello? Goodbye! Hello? Goodbye!..." During the first few days, all she would do was open and close the phone while laughing and dancing (it plays music too). But then, she started to put the phone on her shoulder (or on top of her head) and babble. It's adorable.

Viv also highly enjoys yelling at our dog, Mr. Chubbs. She'll crawl up to him and just yell (you can see Chubbs' nose on the right in the first photo below). I'm not sure if she's copying us here or not (we do tend to yell at Chubbs for various things through out the day), but she definitely loves doing it.

Lastly, Vivi likes to read to herself. Since they were itty-bitties, Wes and I would point to things in books while we read to them. Sometimes, we would take their hands and make them point to things too. Well, Vivi doesn't need our help anymore. She will go over to their book box, choose one, open it, and begin to turn the pages. At each page, she will babble some nonsense and point to things on the pages. Sometimes she only looks at one page in a book before moving onto the next one and other times she will flip through multiple pages before she's done.

Viv has definitely been copying us while she plays lately. It's so cute and we love it.