Blankets, Buckets, and Blues Clues

Jon David has green runnies this week. Out his nose. I guess of all the places one could have green runnies, the nose is one of the better. But, none-the-less, it's put a damper on our Playtime Adventures. Well, it's put a damper on Mommy's Playtime Adventures. Eleanor and Jon David haven't missed a beat.

There have been many hours of playing in the gameroom. We (translate - Mommy) just finished picking it up so they could pull everything out again. Apparently that's what you do. Of all the toys up in their gameroom - and there are A LOT - the item of choice for this week has been a basket full of baby blankets.

"Kankets" in Jon David speak. The kankets have been ghosts, super heroes, and picnic blankets. Eleanor and Jon David have hid under them, layed on them, and rolled up in them. They've wrapped up Lamby and Dog and pretended they were babies. They've wrapped themselves up pretended they were babies. Eleanor put dollies night-night, Jon David put Cars night-night, and they both have put Mommy night-night.

Oh, and we've watched a FEW episodes of Blues Room.

The biggest games of the week was inspired by Blue AND it involved kankets. Can it get any better? It's called "Sculpture Exhibit". From what I can tell, this is how you play:

One of them - we'll call her Sculptor - takes a bucket, fills it up with a whole bunch of little things - beads, balls...Cars - puts it on a stool, and covers it with a blanket. Sculptor asks the other one - let's call him Curator - if they would like to see their new sculpture exhibit. Here's where the fun starts.

Curator says "yeah!" Sculptor says "are you sure?!" Curator screams "YEAH!!!". Sculptor pulls back the blanket and yells with glee, "TAAADAAAA!!!!" Curator cheers in excitement. Sculptor and Curator run around the room yelling "TAADAA!!!" Then Curator gets serious and declares, "My turn!" Curator and Sculptor change places and start the game all over. WARNING this one can get pretty messy pretty fast.

Being an only child, I LOVE seeing them play together like this. It's oh so very cool. They really are starting to get along and play really nicely with each other. However, Eleanor has shown on occasion that she may think she's the the one who is actually in charge of their playtime activities. For example, I've heard her tell Jon David that he needs to "focus on the task at hand". She's also told him to "just chill", and "Jon David, my back really hurts". I really don't know where she comes up with this stuff.

So, let's hope that the green runnies clear themselves up soon and we can get out and about next week. The pool is open and there is bookoos of fun to be had!! In the meantime, though, I'd like to thank the Blankets, the Buckets, and the Blues Clues for making this week possible and, in all seriousness, keeping Mommy out of the looney bin.