About four months ago, Vivi's imagination started to explode and has been gaining momentum with each passing day. After a trip to visit my parents in Florida, Will and I had the opportunity to meet Vivi's first imaginary friends, The Ants.
The Ants appeared when we were playing our new game "Airplane Ride." The game consists of giving a robot a ticket, buckling ourselves into our seat, taking off, landing and then going to the beach. Vivi carried the ants through every step and took great care in buckling them into their seats. Our best guess on the inspiration for The Ants are the ants from "Ni Hao Kai-lan."
A few days later, The Ants morphed into the babies. Over time, Will and I have learned that their are two babies: one boy and one girl. My best guess is that the "Super Babies" from Dora are the inspiration.
The babies go pretty much everywhere with Vivi. They go to bed with her, ride in the car and eat with her. The best is when she cooks for them and puts them down for naps. I get an inside look on what I sound like as a parent during these tasks and it is interesting to see how Vivi is processing all of the things we are trying to impart to her. I feel pretty good that I've only cringed a few times when listening.
Recently, we have learned that Vivi has a brother and a sister. They have not fully developed but she talks about them from time to time. At first, I thought she was talking about the babies but she told me that she has the babies and siblings. I'm interested to see who will show up next.
