Iris has made a fort (or "lodge" as she calls it) under the platform Andy built for the slide. She wants to spend a lot of time there. She collects loads of things for the lodge, then she tidies and arranges and sorts her collection of things. She "harvests food for the winter", she gathers firewood and builds fires and cooks meals. She cares for her children (who often happen to be Elsa) in the lodge and generally keeps herself very busy.I watch quietly, only inserting myself in her play when needed by her (or Elsa). I marvel at her imagination, her determination and her intent. I love this serious business of play. I see how much she grows from it. She is dirty and windblown and so in the moment. There is much to be learned in these sessions under the slide. For all of us.
Happy Monday.
1 comment:
I LOVE it! Reminds me of all the time the kids and I spent playing in the creek behind mom and dad's barn before they tired of it. They had a hideout built down there and found all kinds of "treasures" in the creek. Reminded me of when I was a kid and where your imagination can take you if you let it.... ahhhh good times for country kids! Thanks for sharing!
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