http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1032 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Sat, 16 May 2026 08:50:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1032&cpage=1#comment-8945 girldetective Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:42:16 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1032#comment-8945 It was likely a bad dream, though he often tells us what his toys are saying. I found that three has been the age of imagination. Drake would say that certain characters from his books were coming over for dinner, or make up conversations among his cars, he called any number of things "buses" (chairs, the stroller, swings) not in a mistaken way but in a creative way. He put his Ikea snake on the couch and said that it was the friends' (loveys') car, and he was going to the friends' house, where they would play with cars. I think his dreams have reflected this capacity for imagination, and this was likely one of them. It was likely a bad dream, though he often tells us what his toys are saying. I found that three has been the age of imagination. Drake would say that certain characters from his books were coming over for dinner, or make up conversations among his cars, he called any number of things “buses” (chairs, the stroller, swings) not in a mistaken way but in a creative way. He put his Ikea snake on the couch and said that it was the friends’ (loveys’) car, and he was going to the friends’ house, where they would play with cars. I think his dreams have reflected this capacity for imagination, and this was likely one of them.

]]> http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1032&cpage=1#comment-8944 Sydney Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:53:12 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1032#comment-8944 Could this have been a bad dream, perhaps? Or do his lovies often 'speak' to him? It broke my heart to read this. Give him lots of love and hugs from me. Could this have been a bad dream, perhaps? Or do his lovies often ’speak’ to him? It broke my heart to read this. Give him lots of love and hugs from me.

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