For the Love of Imagination

I just love watching Owen's imagination grow - his toys frequently talk back and forth to each other, "Hello, truck, it's nice to meet you. Let's go play on this ramp. Can you do this trick? Here follow me!" SO MUCH FUN! We have pretty elaborate Lego building (ok let's be honest, he and Todd do, I can only make simple stuff), pirate treasure hunts, monster hunts, fort building, Monster truck races, etc. He loves to sing and make up songs; we have quite the random song set for at night after books and prayers. He used to like to sing typical toddler songs and still does, but at night, "Mom, sing Optimus Prime and Monster Trucks!" "Okay, Owen, you want me to make up a song about Optimus as a monster truck?" "Yes!" So, to the tune from the Monster Truck theme song, I make up songs about every Transformer that he asks, or a song about two characters (last night it was Pingu the Penguin and Optimus on an adventure in the ice, other times it is Rescue Bots or songs made up from scenes from Transformers). I use the tunes from kids songs, so it may be a song about Bumblebee falling in the water, then coming out to defeat Megatron and sung to the tune of 'She'll be Coming Around the Mountain", but hey, it's the words and story line that really count!