I thought this was a cute picture of Atley and Hudson playing side-by-side at the legos table. As I've mentioned before this is what we call "parallel play." Not actually playing together, but playing with their own toys beside each other. Sometimes with similar toys, but not always. Typically the concept of playing with the same toy (sharing) is something they become capable of grasping (cognitively) and implementing around the age of 3. Hudson frequently plays with Sophie on a more advanced level, but he also struggles with the whole "sharing" toys concept. And that is VERY normal!!
I think this picture is pretty funny - Hudson was putting all the stuffed animals in the igloo and Nora was tossing them behind her! (You can see one in midair behind Nora.) Bubba was focused on the task at hand and didn't want to stop until he had every stuffed animal off the mattress and in the igloo. Nora finally gave up, crawled out and lay on the mattress sucking her thumb watching Bubba continue to fill the igloo! Ha!!
This last picture is Hudson trying to get included in Sophie and Nora play. Sophie had been tickling Nora and Nora was totally loving it; giggling and laughing. This turned into a Sophie and Hudson argument about who could tickle Nora!! (Intervention was necessary and successful.)
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