What I learned from playing restaurant with my 5 year old son.

Yesterday was a rainy day so we stayed inside. While inside, my 5 year old son had a list of games and toys for us to play with. Playing restaurant was on our list first so we began.

While I was taking orders and he was eating plastic toy food, I asked him what kind of job he had since he had so much pretend money.

He said, “Watch! I just go over here and run and get the money out of the cash register”!

It was then that I realized that my son wanted to be a cashier or a bank robber. Either way, I think it’s a step up from what he wanted to be a few months ago which was a grass cutter ( the lawn mower man)!

I also noticed from playing with so much toy food that it isn’t the same as the kind we had when I was growing up. The plastic toy food now reads fat-free! Can you believe this? And if it’s not fat-free then it’s hot dogs, pop (soda for the rest of you), or cookies! Am I crazy for noticing this?