Ah, to be a kid again! As I watch my son as he is immersed in imaginative play, I feel a twinge of longing to be able to completely ignore the thousand and one items on my to do list. The kid is so enthralled by his collection of toy cars that he is utterly oblivious to what is going on around him. He often turns the sofa into a parking lot and could easily spend an hour driving the cars and parking the cars. When I was his age, I was into 'playing house' and treasured my miniature set of groceries and food. I even had a little shopping cart. The one toy I always wanted was a doll house. There is just something about using your imagination to create a whole new world. While a doll house was never in the cards for me, I chose to build my own pieces of furniture out of cardboard instead. It wasn't the nicest but it did the job just the same. Nowadays, with Fisher-Price toys, you can easily create an imaginative world with your favourite Nickelodeon characters from Dora the Explorer. Take the Snack Time for Baby Boots Dora set for starters.