Monday, June 20, 2011

The leaning tower of... everything!

Little abstract structures are cropping up all over the place at the moment. My kitchen bench has combinations of margarine tubs, tupperware containers, jars of vegemite and peanut butter, spoons, bowls, saucepans. Pretty much anything that will... stack. Precariously balanced. Piled sky high.


Angus is in major construction mode at present. As if every lone object is required to be married up with another object, regardless of size, shape or compatibility for stacking. He will spend ages playing happily with his set of blocks. Planning, designing, building, knocking down, re-building. With intense concentration, he works. Our lounge room no longer resembles a place of relaxation and order. Cushions, blankets, random articles of clothing, nappies, toys, bath towels. Basically anything that is not securely fixed to the floor, becomes part of Angus' tower. With unabashed enthusiasm, each object is added to the teetering structure. When it can balance no longer, the pile comes toppling down. This is often marked by outbursts of frustration from Angus. Felix regularly bears the brunt of blame for crumbling handy work. It's a tough gig... the construction industry.


A friend who also has 2 boys, told me a story, just before Felix was born, that bears striking resemblance to the latest craze in our house. His boys would pile every cushion in the house on the floor of the lounge room and dive bomb off the lounge into them. Just last week, fresh out of the bath, Angus skimmed across one of his famous 'towers', in a daring naked leap off the lounge. As he picked himself up from the floor, he promptly announced that he was surfing. Amazing how one thing invariably leads to another. Looks like surfing might be next on the agenda. Boys will be boys.







11 comments:

  1. I love those piles - gorgeous! Boys are definitely a different breed. My boy has gone through the knees of five pairs of pants in the last couple of months - 5 pairs! The girls have never gone through any, and when I mention this to people they just say - "it's boys".

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  2. Yes it's definitely a boy thing and something our big boys still partake in with their dad :)
    Off come the sofa cushions and it's like a real life wrestling ring.

    Our little one is starting to stack things also and claps excitedly when it 'all falls down'

    Gotta love boys and their ability to turn the mundane into such fun.

    x

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  3. How little minds can make big things - wonderful to see them express themselves and their imagination. Bet its fuhn cleaning up though!!

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  4. Hahahaha that is so funny - I love the pile by the TV!!! And the one with the blocks is actually pretty clever. So funny, my girls do the pile the pillows up and dive off the couch naked thing. Though I wouldn't call them 'girly girls' by any stretch of the imagination so maybe that's why.

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  5. I don't have boys - we have different things piled up. Pink stuff. Looks like you have some bob the builders on your hands :)

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  6. Yes, I think boys love to build towers just to knock them down! My boys still pile every pillow and cushion in the house on the floor to dive into xx

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  7. My littlest is a tomboy and loves to build little towers of everything (and dive off them too)!

    He's so gorgeous! x

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  8. Boys are certainly a handful! Mine spread out all of the couch cushions from one end of the house to the other and then leaprfrog across them all - if you touch the floor your're out! This can go on for days!!!!

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  9. Love it Julie! it must be the age, Riley is doing the exact same thing! xx

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  10. Boys love construction huh? If only they would learn to fold the clothes and things instead of stacking them! x

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  11. Oh boys who love construction? Can I have your two please? I'm happy to swap your constructors for my demolishers. Today's list: two books, a picture frame (broken glass), three broken toys, a lip gloss (mine, of course) and a vest. Yes, the one he was wearing.

    Oh my... x

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