Now that school has started again and all the Brown, RISD and other random students are back, the traffic out here looks a lot like Max's little city.
Kris's mom made this adorable city blanket for Max and he loves it.
He has quite the collection of little matchbox/hotwheels. It's like every time we go to the store Kris or I find one that we like. And for just $1, who can resist? So now he has quite the collection.
He's always loved to line up his little cars too. This traffic jam is a culmination of a lot of things. He was excited to learn the term traffic jam and made me remind him of it about a dozen times.
It took about 48 full hours to get all the cars put away. I've been trying really hard to get him to clean up his own stuff. And it's quite the struggle.
I basically have to bribe him with anything he wants to do in order to get him to do anything. And it doesn't always work. Like when I was trying to get him to clean up the cars I told him he couldn't play the computer, eat a snack or watch the movie he wanted until all was cleaned up.
He decided he wasn't in the mood for computer games, movies or snacks. He just played cars until it was basically time to go to bed. Which was fine. Except that the dog kept lying down on his car blanket and shedding. So the longer it took to clean up the hairier things got.
Anyway, he finally did it. A full day after I started asking him to. It's a little frustrating. But I'm really glad he finally did it.
But I liked the traffic jam too. He's so cute.
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i love the color in these photos.
The other day I was at the fabric store and bought Nate a similar blanket to make. I remembered seeing Max's when I was at your house and loved it!
He is so cute and I love his little traffic jam quilt. What a fun gift!
No suggestions for getting Max to clean up. My advice is to figure out what gets under his skin......excepting.....I'm still trying to figure that out with Kirsten.....the punk......
i love your photos and i wanna play traffic jam!
I find myself wondering what it was like, being little and being able to lose yourself so thoroughly in play. I don't understand it anymore. Maybe the fact that I can sit, enthralled by the restoration of images on the computer is akin to it? But I wouldn't say I'm really "having fun." I envy him, anyway. And I wish I did remember, because it would make playing with kids easier.
The way it is, I feel like an idiot playing, like I'm pretending to be nice, or pretending - I don't know. I don't "mean" the play anymore, and don't think kids don't know that. LIke, "Yeah, your head's not close to being in the game." Which has got to make the kid feel either less than loved, or less respect for you than he really, really wants and needs to feel.
How could I forget these things?
Great shots! We have a canvas city that ALL my kids love. It is so great to pass the time.
And I already thought all your quilts were awesome before I saw this one! What a cool idea!
Wow he does have a lot of cars. I wish Parker could just sit and play like that. When you figure out how to get him to clean up let me know, the only way I've found is by getting out a trash bag and threatening to throw everything away. And this always leads to way too many needless tears and I feel dumb just saying it cause I know I don't really intend to throw away all their toys. Although one time I did, I just made sure I only picked up the crappy ones that I hatred and all the partly broken ones. I felt really mean, but now theres a lot less junk.
I am glad he is enjoying his cars and quilt. I seriously didn't remember making that blanket. I don't remember it looking like that. I guess I was thinking it was like the one I have here or had a train track on it. It is good to see him enjoying traffic jams. I think that is the only way to enjoy them.
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