Olivia has gotten especially creative lately with her imaginary play. Yesterday, I overheard the following:

“Okay, Molly, you can be Dr. Guerrero (our pediatrician) & I’ll be the nurse.”

They got out the doctor kit and were happily playing. Apparently, it turned out Olivia was going to have a baby. At that point I heard:

“Do you see the baby sticking out there (pushing her belly out)? She wants to come out and be with her mommy.”

Molly seemed to be losing interest at this point, to which Olivia encouraged her:

“Don’t worry, Molly, after you get the baby out, you can have a party, okay?”

So Molly handed Livy a doll to which Livy responded:

“That’s not the baby I wanted!”

They seemed to work it out, however, because the next thing I knew I heard them singing Happy Birthday to the new baby. The party that followed was also quite elaborate and lasted a good 20 minutes! They even had to run to HEB (our local grocery) for a pink & purple cake to celebrate the arrival of their new baby named Violet (of course!).

At some point, I also heard this from Livy:

“Only God puts babies in the mommy’s tummy, Molly – only God can take them out!”