Pretend Play and Jumpy Tales

and one fine day
she tells me she wants to play
grabs her spoon and feeds me air
"pretend play, already?", I say

and it's not just that
I'm supposed to do a 'slurp'
like it's the most delicious stuff I've had
guess I might also have to burp

there's more to pretend play
she tells me I have a boo-boo
then grabs her imaginary ointment
rubs it on and kisses the boo-boo too

so another fine day
when Dora asked her to say Map
she sang the Dora song
and finished it off with 'Gab yo bappap'!

almost there with 'Ba Ba black sheep'
and 'Twinkle Twinkle little star'
when I wonder how she does it
she sings them and raises the bar

and after days of effort
at one spot, she's able to jump
at times, it looks perfect
at times, she lands with a thump