Complex Imaginative Play

Jessica sent me this NPR article about the importance of old-fashioned play. I chuckled when I read about complex imaginative play...all day yesterday, Seth told Nathan to hold up a pillow, which was to be a door in a tree, because Nathan was Austin the grabbin' goblin, and I had to carry around a tiger noise stick that the Santa in the mall gave Seth because it was my wand (I was Tasha the flighty fairy), and Seth carried around a red plastic Easter egg that had a dragon inside of it, and he had deemed himself King Pablo. If Amelia was awake, she was either Tyrone or "lady in pink". (they're knights, that's right) If you can't figure out what the heck I'm talking about, Seth made us act out a Backyardigans episode...incidently the show is about five critters and their overactive imaginations!