Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Prison

"Grandma, can we play with this?" he asked in his sweetest three year old voice. It was an empty laundry basket.

I gave it a quick thought and said, "Sure, what are you going to use it for?"

"A jail," he replied, and off he went into the living room, a blue laundry basket in tow.



I don't remember which small child was first imprisoned under the basket, but I'm thinking it was Lucas (Actually, I do remember. It was Lucas and Simon was jumping up and down atop the overturned basket) as I'm sure Rocky would have let out a series of loud and boisterous protests had one of the others not modeled the "fun" first.



She never did holler, and neither did either of the boys. I suppose the fact that there are dozens of little windows and plenty of ventilation might ease the tendency toward panic and claustrophobia. Whatever the case no one cried over the laundry basket prison until Lucas later kept Simon from lowering the basket to the floor by keeping his legs straight. Then the jailor cried instead of the jailed.


5 comments:

  1. Lol, I love your kid stories. I'm sure they will love reading them someday too. Very entertaining to read, brings you right there. Are you going to give Petra's parents some of the blogs that include her when she moves. A little something to keep you alive in her memory. :)

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    1. I guess I never thought about it. I have thought about making another book and it would be a good place to include something like that.

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  2. ha...that is so funny! Love their imaginations!

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    1. They are fun to watch and listen too. Sometimes I need to slow down a little and appreciate their innocence and imaginations.

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  3. If only some of those young parents who spend booka bucks on highend toys would read your blog...a laundry basket and some imagination....What fun. When mine were little it was Tupperware and wooden spoons ~ for hours.

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