Our Animal Lover

This is the game we play all day.

"Mom, this is my pet. She's REALLY REALLY sick."

So I play veterinarian (or sometimes we switch). 

I like it best when Mimi is the vet. Her diagnosis are the best:

"her throat...it went all the way to her feet."

"her throat went all the way to her skin."

etc...

OR, we will play pet shop.

(mimi) "Hi, do you need a pet?"

Then she gives me one of her stuffed animals and charges me five dollars.


One day I thought we had moved onto a new game:
"mom, let's pretend that we're in space" (great, I think. Something new!)
"And in space I have all of these animals that are sick...." ;)


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At any given moment in the day Mimi can be seen carrying a gift bag (or any bag) full of her "pet" stuffed animals (only dogs, cats, horses, etc..). She also has been wishing and requesting a real chihuahua. She literally thinks it's going to happen and talks about it every day. 

(mimi) "when I get my pet chihuahua, we can go into that lake"

"when I get my chihuahua I can put him in a basket in my scooter and...and...and...and...(it goes on and on). I'm not sure quite how to break it to her that she WON'T be getting a chihuahua anytime soon.

She is my little animal lover.

(dont forget her first word was "dog." :)