Does anyone else play detailed imaginary games with their children that go on for years?

[WindsurfingDreams]

Not sure how unusual we are but it's one of my favourite bits of parenting!

Ds started it and we had this whole imaginary world with his toy planes and cars and they all had different characters and they would have all sorts of adventures or go to "school" etc.

And then with DD we have ended up doing very similar but with Lego friends.

Its just my favourite part of every day. But it's also been a nice kind of play therapy at times if they are dealing with difficult situations.

Just suddenly struck me that I have no idea how we began doing it, it certainly wasn't something I did with my parents (although they were great at reading me stories)

We also did the tooth fairy stories. Each child had their own fairy; it was a nightmare keeping up with them.

Some of the soft toys have elaborate back stories+

My parents created stories for our cat and his cat friends from the neighbourhood. One of them had a Viking longship apparently. We loved it.

Oh I hope you (and others who did this) kept all the letters!

@WindsurfingDreams we do indeed!

Not sure if it’s what you mean but on drives my son (21) and I discuss the merits of this or that building or compound in a zombie apocalypse. We used to watch Walking Dead when he was about ten which is when it started - his school was definitely a contender! We still do it- recently decided the Navy baracks in Portsmouth have no decent green area for growing crops, though fortifications good…I guess it’s a game of sorts.