Tonight Margot was asked to go play quietly while Lindsay, our super-nanny, put Jane to bed. A few minutes later, Margot appeared in the doorway and announced that she could not, in fact, play by herself. The conversation went something like this:Margot: “Lindsay, I can’t play by myself.”
Lindsay: “Why not?”
Margot: “It’s just to much work making different voices and pretending to be different people. I can only be, like, four people at once – but after a few minutes I'm tired of playing those people. And . . .I can only make about two voices, so even if I pretend to be a ton of people, I know that I’m not, because I hear my voice every time. Ugh. It’s sooooo boring!”
[pause]
Margot (turning away): “Okay, I’m going back to my room.”
Polly Pocket doll: “Me, too!”
Margot: “See?? Same voice as mine. So frustrating.”
