A Helmet for Building Sand Castles
Greetings to everyone.
One of things Xavier scored last Saturday was a kit of sandbox toys: sieves, hoes and molds. Most of the molds, which double as buckets, create parts of a castle.
All this week, Xavier has used these buckets/molds to carry around his Hot Wheels, and to pour his Hot Wheels from one bucket to another. Tonight, he imagined a different use for the largest bucket. He spent a good amount of time running or crawling around the house, wearing the bucket in various configurations.
His antics made me laugh. First, it was just plain funny to watch him blindly navigate the house with a bucket on his head. Most of the time, the bucket completely covered his face; all he could see was his feet.
Second, I thought of a scene from the 1989 movie "Parenthood" where one of the mothers explains to an in-law "He likes to butt things with his head" after her son rams a wall wearing a bucket. The in-law's response was a dry "How proud you must be."
For the record, I am proud.