Eavesdropping...

Mama is sick on the couch...watching and listening to my boys who are playing on the floor with Lennox's castle. Lots of pretend play, which goes something like this, all in rough and tumble fighter voices...

"It's my castle."

"I'm going to get you king."

"Hahahaha...I got you."

"Oh yeah" (Lennox's new favorite saying, think Kool Aid man)

"Argh" (followed by the sound of some toy men smacking into one another)

"This is my castle now."

"Stop it. We have to run"

"Let's run."

"It's a monster coming, behind you"

"I don't see a monster here! Argh...oh no it's the Hulk" (and the Hulk fists make their fighting noise)

Then I hear poor Dobby getting into it. 

"Give me a ride doggy."

"Yes doggy take me to my castle."

And a few minutes later, after taking a short break to listen and watch Coming to America:

"Here daddy, we ready to fight. Hey...we so tired. Let's go to castle."

"Whoa"

"You sleeping. Come on Darth Vader's is coming. Let's say our ABC's" 

And the soldiers sing the alphabet song on the top of the castle. 

Daddy says, "I'm building a new castle." And they pull out the blocks and start to build. 

I love overhearing this. Somehow mommy just can't do the pretend soldier/king/astronaut/Kung Fu fighter/superhero voices like daddy does. And even though I am feeling terrible, I am happy about my boys having some fun Friday night fun on the floor in the living room. I love seeing Lennox's imagination blossom. He has so much fun being a boy with his daddy!