[Moriah] Parenting Is... #21

...watching in amazement as your child uses his imagination for the first time.

For the very first time that I've seen, our 15-month-old used his imagination to play make-believe, rather than simply playing with the physical aspects of his toys. He was holding a red cup from his stacking cup set when he reached into the cup, pinched his thumb and index finger together as though grabbing something, brought his hand to his mouth and pretended to eat some make-believe food out of the cup. He was quite amused with himself and chuckled adorably as he pretended to eat over and over out of the cup. When I saw him and started laughing at how cute it was, he shocked me again by walking over, dipping his hand in the cup and trying to "feed" ME whatever it was he was imagining! Every time he discovers something new, I am completely amazed and it just melts my heart.