WHAT CAN YOU DO WITH AN OLD BOX?

TODAY WE WERE ASKED TO BABYSIT 2 OF OUR GRANDSONS AS THEIR MOM’S GIFT TO THEIR DAD THIS CHRISTMAS WAS A FULL DAY OUT …WITHOUT CHILDREN. 

THE BOYS ARE EASY TO CARE FOR AS THEY ARE GOOD NATURED AND VERY CREATIVE. 

WE STARTED OFF THE MORNING JUST CHATTING.  ( I JUST LOVED IT WHEN OUR DAUGHTER , LANA, CAME UPSTAIRS AND WEE, 2 YEAR OLD M SAID, ” GOOD MORNING, ” AUNTIE LANA . DID YOU HAVE A GOOD SLEEP?” ) 

SOON I WAS MAKING UP STORIES ABOUT THE GRINCH AND COSTUMES WERE SOON PUT TOGETHER FOR SOME ROLE PLAY.  BUT THE MORNING REALLY GOT EXCITING WHEN WE DECIDED TO PLAY SPACEMEN. 

BEFORE YOU KNOW IT ” PAPA ” HAD FOUND A BIG OLD BOX DOWNSTAIRS WHICH HE VERY  QUICKLY TRANSFORMED INTO THE SPACESHIP WITH THE USE OF HIS EXACTO KNIFE AND SOME PACKING TAPE.  I FOUND THE MARKERS AND WE GOT THE BOYS DECORATING THE SHIP.  THEY WERE SO EXCITED ! 

NEXT UP : MORE COSTUMES . TERRY MADE SOME RUDIMENTARY HELMETS , FOUND SOME ‘SPACESUITS’ , AND FOUND A STORM TROUPER ONESIE FOR HIMSELF. ( DOESN’T EVERYBODY HAVE ONE OF THOSE IN THEIR ‘TICKLE TRUNK’ ? ) 

PAPA ZOOMED THE BOYS AROUND THE DINING ROOM FOR A COUPLE TRIPS AND THEN WE EXPLORED THE MOON ( A.K.A. THE FRONT HALLWAY CARPET) . 

IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TO WATCH IMAGINATION IN ACTION .  AMAZING WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A BOX AND A BIT OF DREAMING…..