Annie is currently watching Long Shot. It's a movie about a lady making a life for herself through dressage.

Daddy: I'll let you watch the horse movie while you eat.
Annie: Nooooo. I have to act it out. I can't do that while I eat.
Daddy: Well, we can pause it while you eat.
Annie: Nooooo. Then I can't watch anything while I eat.
Daddy: You don't need to watch TV while you eat, it's a special thing for you to do.
Annie: *humph*
Daddy: The movie is long. By the time you finish eating you will still have time to act out the rest of the movie.
Annie: Ok.

I do admit that I love to watch her act it out. When Colleen and Annie play during kindergarten at recess Annie now plays the part of the horse in this movie. Colleen plays Spirit. The growth in imagination is wonderful.

If you ever get a chance, read the book The Neverending Story.
The movie only covers half the story. The first half of the book provides a metaphor for the need for imagination. The second half of the book covers the danger in letting imagination dominate one's life. It's great stuff. On top of that, it was written (I think) in 1979. This was before the advent of so many of the dynamic media choices we have now. The book is written in two colors: one color for things that happen in one "world" and another color for things in the "other world". It's absolutely great.

Anyway, I like Annie's adaptation of her imagination.

Flying on the back of a dragon... or horse... or whatever...