a little glimpse into LTs mind

Shawn asked me a few months ago if LT did imaginative play. I thought about that question and thought about it, for days, weeks, months. Everyone defines things differently and so I wasn't exactly sure what she meant. However, if making up your own words to songs and books is creative, then yes, he does imaginary play. If creating a waterfall out of our fireplace is imaginative play, then yes, he does imaginary play. In the bath he creates orangutans out of blocks, imaginative? I think so. Last night, Bri made LT dinner, pizza, peas, and cranberries. He sat down all by himself and ate as much as his belly could hold. Then he proceeded to play with the peas for about 30 minutes and Bri and I had a full conversation (some parents might get upset about their child playing with food, and had he not eaten a great dinner before playing, we may have also.) He created roads, made them into cars, pretended they were his friends and many other things. After about 25 minutes I suggested we take a video of him. This was towards the end of the creative play, but still a glimpse into what his little brain can create. I loved sitting back and observing what kids come up with on their own when I taught preschool, but it is even more special to sit back and watch your own child invent games and entertain themselves with no intervention or ideas being thrown at them. Kids have the best minds!
The video is hard to hear and understand, but he has made the peas into boats and is paddling to get his friends who are stuck. He then finds the "cool neighbors" and gets them onto the boat.