Who Needs Toys When...
Greetings to all.
Xavier's Aunt Kathy's annual box of Christmas goodies arrived on the doorstep today. Inside, the box held Kathy's Christmas card, about ten pounds of homemade fudge, cookies and other seasonal snacks. And, of course, presents, all nicely wrapped.
Xavier was excited to open the box. We have been getting deliveries nearly every other day, most with gifts to be wrapped and placed under the tree.
We opened the box, pulled out the packing materials. We found and read the Christmas card. We unpacked the tins of goodies (which was like opening several nesting dolls, each tin holding goodies and another tin of baked goods). We placed the gifts under the tree.
Xavier, growing board during the sampling of the baked goods phase, got excited about something new. No longer was he excited about the new packages under the tree. He had a box: one he could fit into, close the flaps and hide.
We cut two holes in the side and made a flap to close the holes over. Xavier moved the box all over the house, then hid in it.
We played hide-n-seek. It was not hard to find him; however, we were informed that because the spy holes were closed, we could not see him.
He watched TV in the box. He even held puppet shows for Mom and Dad from within the box, using his stuffed animals as actors.
Later, when Grandpa Danny's box of Christmas goodies arrive in a slightly smaller box, Xavier pushed that emptied box all around the house. It became a vital piece of equipment in a construction project he had going on with his Hot Wheels and other trucks and cars.