Pretend Alligators

Sarah asked about the pretend alligators in relation to the last post. The alligator lived in the corner of our living room in Florida. Once we moved he/she/it did not apparently move with us. We had one day of alligators being in the Alabama house involving Tray and me having to convince them to go home to their mommies and daddies (and escorting them out the door). I don't think they've been back. She is however getting to be scared of the dark (I guess?). She now often asks me to either turn the lamp on in the master bedroom or close the door to it because she doesn't want to walk past the dark room to get something out of her room. I say "I guess" because she doesn't have a night light in her room and seems fine to be in there after dark, so it may be a combination of the dark and the fact that it is an area she doesn't spend a lot of time in and is thus a bit foreign to her.

Even though she says they can't talk, she will sometimes bring a stuffed animal to the table to eat with her. She'll give the animal a bite of something (and then pop the bite into her own mouth). Still, though, outside of mealtimes I can ask her if an animal wants a bite of something and she'll say, "no, he doesn't have mouth." I would say she's very selective about pretending, and seems put-off by Tray or I trying to initiate it.