Last night i decided to have Doug remove Bode's bedrails (again. They've been removed before but our active/restless sleeper kept ka-booming onto the floor so back on they went) and just put the boxspring and mattress sans frame on the floor. Then i situated his bed against the wall like a daybed to make more room. He has a big but awkward room.
Tonight as i was making dinner, (REALLY overextending myself with the frozen TJ's chicken nuggets and frozen Spud Puppies AKA tater tots...) Doug was upstairs in Bode's room playing with the boys. I went up and saw that they were playing trucks and got down on the floor with the three of them while they played. I started picking at one of the dents left in the carpet by B's bedframe until i realized....
I was so totally ruining their fun. They had a few Matchbox vehicles (a Hummer, steamroller and ambulance to be more specific) and a couple larger vehicles (a monster truck and a digger). The smaller trucks were "falling" into the "holes" and the bigger trucks were there to pull them out. Keegen was yelling, "Hep me! Hep me!" when his went in and Bode would promptly push him out. Bode is yelling, "Watch out for that big hole. You will get stuck!"
Oh the teamwork and silly play just makes me smile. I'll speak for myself and say Dad's really do play differently with their kids. I don't think i would have come up with that idea for playtime!
6 comments:
hep me! hep me! i'm laughing.. :) (did you know that putting ice on the dents in carpets is supposed to make them pop back up? i've never tried it...)
Awesome! Yes, Ethan has made "art" out of the nail pop-outs in our wall by adding stickers all around them. Sad, but hey, it made him happy so I've left them there for MONTHS! If the dents make them happy, leave them there!
I sometimes can't help but pick up the playroom while just my kids or the kids and their Dad are playing. Then I realize I'm following them around like an old lady just cleaning up and I'm not playing. I'm a little compulsive like that :)
I cute that they were playing together so well like that - I love those moments!:)
Fun, fun, fun. I can just picture all the chaos and fun with your little boys. It's true that dads play differently and are quite imaginative. When are you guys heading this way again? Let me know, we would LOVE to see you guys.
P.S. Yes, I know your thinking "Oh, I guess Chris is back in the blogging world again."
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