Sometimes all it takes to keep daughter blissfully happy for a couple of hours is a pan with water and some colorful shells and glass stones. There was a lot of splashing and swimming in the lake and, of course, not before long “fishing” started. All the inhabitants of the lake were fished out and laid out to dry. I pointed out to Anna that this is exactly what happens to real lakes 
when humans overfish. She replied rather logically that this is a pretend lake and pretend fish and we can put it back into the lake anytime we want. So her little dolls had a lot of fish for dinner followed by “chocolate rocks” dessert. In the end all “fish” returned to its decorative jobs inside the house.
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My kids love to play in water too. I wonder why I buy toys - the simplest things seem to be more fun for my kids.
cute :) looks like she had fun fishing! I will try this out with A
Selena loves to play in the water too. I love how they can always remind us though that their world is completely different from the real world.
She has such a wonderful imagination.
I don't think there's a single kid that doesn't love water.
I'm glad the fish successfully got back to the water.
My kids would play in water all day if they wanted to. And I love Anna's logic that this is pretend so she can do anything she wants!
It is suddenly cold here, and I am jealous of your warm weather!
Have you seen those real chocolate rocks in the grocery store? They are so good:-).
This would be a great activity for Jack while we do read aloud each morning. I may even try it inside on some towels if I get really brave.
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