Tents, Forts and Hideaways!

Vince has been hiding under blankets a lot.  He'll just drape one over his head while he's playing a game and then beg for Mommy or Daddy to "get in here" with him.  

So when I saw the above hideaway thing on sale, I figured "He'll love this."

I excitedly took it out of the box and set it up for him.  Sure enough, he loved it.  He was so excited to see Buzz Lightyear and the other Toy Story characters that he couldn't stop repeating "TOY STORY, TOY STORY, SO COOL!" over and over again.

Unfortunately, the tent was too small for he and I to share together - which is what he wanted.  The best we could do was put the tent over my head and then I'd slink down to the floor.  He'd then crawl in over top of my lap, and we'd laugh about being squished in such a tiny space.

Since my back and knees grew weary of that game within minutes, I came up with a better solution.  The tent.

See those little feet? Those are happy little feet that think they're hidden from Mommy.

I brought out one of our queen-sized blankets and draped one end over our cat tree (sorry,  girls) and then tucked the other end over and around the couch.  There was more than enough room in there for Vince and I to snuggle together with pillows and a book.  As soon as that blanket went up, he forgot about the Toy Story tent.  All he wanted to do was sit in his fort playing on his iPad or giggling with Mommy.  

Should've just saved myself the $6 and built this in the first place.  I remember doing the same thing as a child, and it made me smile knowing that Vince got the same enjoyment I did out of secret hiding spots like this.  

Yup.  Me and my little Spiderman had a whole lotta fun this weekend.  :)