Hippo!

L2 (4yrs) was busy standing in the Dr and slinging his stuffed doggy into the LR while I, the mom, was lying on the floor randomly attempting to snag the dog as it flew past. L2 would run get the dog and return to his launching point to do it again. At one point, I managed to touch a stuffed foot as it flew past. L2 came running straight to me, dropped down unexpectedly with his hands on my chest and his face two inches from mine, and yelled: “The first one wins, hippo!” and then hopped up and continued on with the regular routine.

I never did understand what he was pretending.