Third Play Date

Building a clubhouse for five year old Otis is great fun especially with the help of two dogs and the curious and hands-on five year old. While the two dogs spent time discussing whether or not the extension cord would be more useful in two pieces, Otis experimented with cardboard box dwellings and construction scraps.

Henry thinks a five year old is just right, and the five year old thinks Henry is a bit too clingy.

Did we finish?  Nope. If you look at the photo to the left, you will see that it really doesn't look a whole lot different than yesterday's efforts. We did get the floor in and it is lovely and solid.  It will eventually be sanded and painted to avoid slivers.  We also got the board in place to create the roof pitch for drainage. I refuse to mention that we may need to jack up the left side  to get it totally level.

I also will not mention that Henry dug up a dead squirrel that Arlo buried at some point. There was a very definite over ripe odor. Henry is going to enjoy a bath this evening before bed.

Pooped Pup

Today Henry and I returned to Dana's house. Henry wanted another playdate with the big red dog, Arlo. I wanted to help Dana frame out a clubhouse for Otis. The house is going to be 5x4 and Arlo pretty much fills it up.

Henry was, of course,  excited to see Arlo again.  Arlo was tolerant. Henry was cautious. Maybe spending time with Arlo will make my boy less crazy during his Petsmart class. I doubt it though.

Tomorrow Henry and Arlo are having their third playdate. Dana and I will be trying to finish off the club house. I am getting a great erector set feeling.  Now we just need to fill in all the spaces....okay, maybe a bit more than that.  What you see to the right is as far as we got.  There will be a floor and roof (if you want a pre-cursor to see if we succeed).  The walls we may leave up to Otis.  Palm fronds - blankets, sheets.  Whatever a young mind can design.

Henry, of course, thinks it is great - in fact, we ended up having to tie the pup up during crucial development times.  He was just way too interested in being involved in the creating process.