Real or Pretend?

Lately, Lee often wants to confirm whether something is real or pretend.  Is a story about genies pretend?   What about the one with ghosts?  The story where I lost a tooth chewing taffy as a kid?  

Movies are a source of speculation as well.  With the quality of animation today, the line between real and pretend isn't all that clear to a kid.  I'm not sure Lee understands that Finding Nemo is animation, but Planet Earth is real.

Today we were watching the movie "Cars," and she suddenly said to me, "Mommy, I know this is NOT real. Real cars don't have eyes, AND they definitely do not talk."

Oh, good.  We're making progress.