Productions and Random Tidbits

Vinny is very into putting on little shows. Sometimes for us, but often just to entertain himself. He will sit for hours and make up a storyline and pretend with various items. Sometimes it is a couple of his toys and sometimes it may just be random items like a stick and a fork that become good and bad pirates or whatever the characters of the day are. Seems most of the time 'the nice one defeats the evil villain'(his words not mine). This morning it has been a production that involves all of us. He assigns us a role. He has apparently learned that I am not an overly cooperative player and now assigns me to less important roles. The cast list this morning is:
Vinny.....kitty
Beasley..... doggie
Elise ...... mouse
Addie ....... rat
I am the crab. The crab is not part of the real show. It only comes out at the end when all the other fun stuff is done. Again, these are his words.
So, Vinny has been crawling around trying to get his cast members to cooperate. The dog just swiped half the rats toast, so doggie is on a timeout outdoors. The mouse is always a willing participant and LOVES when the big kids will play with her. The show is now in an intermission since Imagination Movers came on - a favorite show here!

The show a few days ago (I actually took a few notes since I didn't have time to post it right away) was very interesting. It was one of Vinny's solo productions that took place at the table. He was playing with his power ranger. It has a body and then all this armor stuff that can either attach onto the main body or create a shell of a second body. So, the main body is red and the shell body is gold. The main body was a boy and the shell golden body was the dad. As the show went on the boy and dad were busy doing their stuff. I wasn't listening to all the specifics then he caught my attention when he started talking about the rest of the family. They lived near a dangerous volcano. All the other people got hurt from the volcano so now it was just the boy and dad. The mom died when she got hurt by a volcano. 'That was a sad day.' (Words from his act). I was not involved in this one at all. He was just busy talking at the table with his toys.

Vacuuming is an interesting time around here as of late. Beasley is terrified of the vacuum and Addie is not a fan either, Vinny has to steal the attachments to use for his sword, and Elise is completely infatuated with the machine! She chases me around. I often have to stop, move her to a different room, go back, turn around and there she is again. I would guess she will eventually develop a fear of it, but so far she loves it, climbs it and likes to get in front of me. Ugh. Not a speedy process!!

Vinny and Addie had Valentine's parties yesterday. Vinny at school and Addie at playgroup. Elise was there too, but she is a bit young to understand any of it. They each got Valentines and treats. Vinny apparently is on a 24 hour sugar high. The kid is nuts. I let him have ONE treat last night and he was running around bouncing off the walls. This morning he started up again. I don't know how he can go so many hours on the little food he eats! If only I could bottle a bit of his energy!!

All the kids here as babies have slept on their bellies with their butts up in the air. Only after they can roll themselves into that position, of course. I have never gotten a picture of any of them doing it till now. I got Elise the other day. It was time for her to get up and she was still sleeping in that position. So cute!!!