BBB's Dream House

After Quest Wednesday we have Thursday Acrobatics and Bookclub. P has been Loving acrobatics... until this week. The first two weeks he asked almost every day when we could go again. That gradually changed into excited exits Thursday mornings to eventually slower and slower exits. Last week he told me he wouldn't do what Allison tells him to do :) I told him fun was all we were after and if something wasn't fun he could just sit beside me until she gave fun instructions. He was satiated with this approach and mildly excited that the trapeze might be used again, so off we zoomed...

Its a bit of a hike, so we scoot to save time. Riding together on my scooter has opened up the city to us. P can't stand long journeys (outside of the woods, that is) and until the scooter entered our lives our traveling radius was fairly contained. Now, we just go :)

But as we turned down 6th street I knew there was trouble. I saw a colossal, colorful box sitting by the curb, the neighborhood approach to excess baggage in our tiny homes "SSSSStop!!!" Yelled P. And we have a deal that stop means stop, regardless of who says it, so I stopped.

And there it stood. A ginormous antique doll house. P informed me that he'd been asking the Universe for just such an object (true, I'd heard his requests) and here it was, looking for a new home. Leaves were roosting in the back and the second floor was trying to join the first but the windows had real movable, metal shutters and the staircase was handmade. P knows of my weakness for all things old and unloved (and free). And so we lugged it back to the house with an agreement that it would wait until after acrobatics and scooted down the block again....

I assumed Bookclub would be out in favor of the doll house, but P surprised me after acrobatics, jumping right onto the sub with one of his class buddies and happily bouncing to read books.

It was our first bookclub, something that has evolved out of Tuesday Playgroop. We read a book, see if the kids want to chat about the book at all and then do some fun activity. Then we all head to the playground to play. The kids were pretty riveted to Mike Mulligan's tale and enjoyed pasting squares and squashing markers around. At the playground, P ran with the kids this time. Usually, he grabs my hand and pulls me around. Or at least requires Lots of interaction. This time, he was really With his friends. And a cute little girl in a red toy coupe that P fancied. The car, not the girl. Or so I think :)

P enjoys a trike ride at the park:


When we got home we cleaned and fixed the house. And then he presented BBB with his New Home. Wanting furniture for BBB ("he needs a bed, Mama") he crafted seats and lounges out of his blocks. The front door would require a new hinge, so he put blocks there too and then hooked his marble-run bell to the front post for a doorbell. But something was still missing at BBB's new chateau. And so P began to build and build. Then, with gusto, he announced, "Baby Brother! Your new sculpture garden!"

Out came more blocks for a fence and external stairs. Then the mowers for upkeep around the property. And lo and behold! BBB fit in the mower. Oh ecstasy of all ecstasies! And so he mowed his own lawn and then was run over by another mower... It was Almost like a Barbie dream house moment.... :)

Watch P with BBB and view the sculpture garden and furnished house below :)