Box of tricks

Plentyfish commented that the way my twins mucked about reminded him of his cats. They climb in and out of things, play with things they are not supposed to and the toys you get them, often get cast aside, unless they are very interesting and can be played with in an unorthodox manner.

So, when the neighbour bought a new 42 inch flat screen, I asked them to give us the box. The twins of course, fell onto it, like a cat with a plastic bag. The first few things they did, I couldn't photograph because it involved paint and my hands were mucky too. What I did was to use the sides of the box as a canvas and gave the kids small paint rollers and trays of paints. Of course, as with any organized activity, it held their attention for 5 minutes before they re-invented it and started painting the cars and drive way. Evan got quite a kick when I striped him down and hosed him because he had paint all over himself.

Then there was playing in the box, jack-in-a-box style, playing peekaboo with us.






























Then there was lying around in the box and kicking around, which I photographed but chose not to put up because it looked too morbid. That's the problem with photographs being stills.

Continuing the liken them to cats, the box got overturned very quickly and made into a slide. First the right way up and then, climbing up and sliding on the belly. Hours of fun.









































The only problem is we don't really have anywhere to put it and the grandparents don't like the house looking like a rag-a-bone collection depot. I think I'll need to dump it soon. But I do have another box for them to play with. I can't wait to furnish our new house. I think then, I'll have enough boxes to build them an entire house to play with.

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