dress up or rehearsal?

They are tattered and stained, but she doesn't seem to notice. Sometimes I put them over her clothes and other times she wears them with only her princess pull-up underneath. Some days she'll be Snow White from morning til bedtime, and other days she'll be Cinderella for breakfast, Sleeping Beauty at lunch, Barbie Ballerina to the store and Fairy Princess on the patio. Dress up is not just a game at our house, it's a way of life. Being the daughter of two performing artists (that's how the IRS catagorizes our profession) it isn't surprising. I just didn't think it would start this early. We have a scene we like to do together. It's a Charlie and Lola sketch from the episode titled, "Boo, I Made You Jump." I am Charlie and she is Lola. It goes a little something like this:

We are seated on the couch. Lola mimes eating banana chips.
Charlie: (with an English accent) I have this little sister Lola, she is very small and very funny.
pause
Charlie turns to Lola: Boo!
Lola thows her banana chips in the air and screams

This makes us both laugh and we enjoy performing it for various friends and family members. She also enjoys singing the entire soundtrack to Pooh's Heffalump Movie while running around the couch. She stood on top of her Dora Legos box today and told me she was on stage and ready to do a show for me. I applauded, she stood still and stared back at me smiling. Then she got off of her stage. That was the show. And yet, when the video camera turns on she loses her muse. Perhaps she is meant for the theater and not television and film. We'll see. For now, I am just happy to have a regular scene partner.