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It’s possible that Baby Dolly should be wearing the hard hat, since Charlotte likes to push her around the house at very high speeds. Baby Dolly has been taking a lot of trips to the doctor lately — Charlotte likes to pretend that Baby Dolly has a boo-boo and needs a band-aid. Then she gets medicine and a lollipop. Charlotte also likes to pretend she’s going on an airplane, which is a bench in our bedroom. Her choice of destination is usually either London or Indiana. And then there’s pretending to be a baby bird, where she asks us to make her a nest out of blankets, then feed her baby bird food (she said it was silly when I told her that birds eat worms).

We went out to western Mass. a few weekends ago to visit a maple sugar shack — they’re only open for about six weeks during this time of year. We saw them making maple syrup, which smelled amazing, and then ate breakfast at the restaurant there. Charlotte liked pretending to drive the old tractor. She also loved the pancakes and sausage, which are two of her favorite foods. And the hotel pool was a huge hit, as was watching Snow White in bed at the hotel.