Magical shoes

Hiding in the closet were these wonderful shoes which es has now appropriated.  When she puts them on, plus a purple headband with a bow, she becomes Dorothy traveling in the land of Oz.  I get to be all the other characters in the story.  She especially likes me to pose as the Tin Man so she can "oil" me.  We've watched just a couple of youtube clips from the movie, ones that I thought weren't too scary for her.  We've sung our way down the yellow brick road, off to see the Wizard.  She can click her heels together and get back to Auntie Em.  To help the Wizard return to his home, she summons Peter Pan, who sprinkles fairy dust on his balloon.

After watching Minnierella, a version of the Cinderella story that features Minnie and Mickey Mouse, es turned the red shoes into the marvelous glass slippers that Minnierella wears to the ball.  When she hears the clock strike twelve, she stops dancing with me (playing Prince Mickey) and leaves quickly, stepping out of one of the shoes.  Then I pick it up and go door to door to find the owner, usually receiving a big hug when she shows me the matching shoe.  This afternoon, I found Daisy Duck first, and she told me where Minnie lived.  Later es actually allowed me to wear the shoes and be Princess Minnie, a first.

This little girl has a vivid imagination, and I usually enjoy helping her act out these stories, at least the first two or three times.  We also did Little Red Riding Hood today, though without the red shoes.  Since we don't have toy food items, she chooses blocks and ring toys to be the goodies in her basket, and a length of a red rayon print from Hawaii serves as her cape.