Today, by his own design, Captain Jelly Belly made a toy boat out of an old milk carton. I let him take his boat into the bathtub with him to test it out.
He wanted to find some tub-safe toys to put in his boat. He picked a handful from the toy room and took them upstairs.
Once in the tub, I saw what he had put in the boat: a Little People figurine of a brown skinned boy; a tiger; a small ape; a zebra; and a dog.
And I realized, “Oh my God! He’s re-enacting Life Of Pi!”
A genius, I tell you.
That is stupendous.
Back in the day, we used to call Little People “woody mens,” because back in the day they were made of wood.
Most of mine got all pale when the paint faded in bathtime adventures.
Ah, memories. And now I get to live them all over again with Clairebear!
Have a nice trip.