Building things and other summer games

Calvin above is our good little helper.  He plays along with whatever game Alden has planned for the day.  They make a great little duo.

Benson is eating more and more things which has been really nice.  He loves to feed himself which can be helpful some of the time and makes a huge mess all of the time.  I am amazed how I can usually fill a whole dustpan of food from what has fallen off his tray!

Alden still has been big into building things with cardboard and other things that he pulls out of the recycling bin.  These are a couple of the things that he has made that I remembered to get pictures before he had to clean them up or make something else.  Above and below was the roller coaster he made.  I don't know if you can tell but there is a huge line of animals waiting to go on and each one has pieces of toilet paper that they are using for their tickets.

Calvin below used the laundry basket to bus the animals to and from the roller coaster place.

These pictures are of the restaurant Alden made  He used cardboard as walls and a floor and then boxes as chairs and seats.  Calvin and Benson are sitting at the seats in the restaurant and Alden is in the back where he prepared the food. Alden had kept coming down stairs asking if he could buy some food from me, I sold him a couple of things and then I went with Calvin and Benson to his restaurant. He had cups that he kept full of water for everyone.  He then brought out kids meals for Calvin and Benson.  I was rather impressed how much thought he had put into everything.  The kids meals had the little food items he had bought from me and each had a little toy he had found from around the house.  The meals were each in empty tissue boxes.  He had made a place for trash and he explained how the bathrooms were just out the door.  The boys enjoyed going to Alden's restaurant!

This was a magic show we attended at the library.  Every year after the magic show the boys get really into trying to do magic.  It's always fun to see their magic tricks! :)

This is a stage Alden made one day to do shows on.  Other things I haven't taken pictures of conclude many different variety of stores and shelves.  One store took up our entire living room but it was well organized inside.  He has also made shelves, a bed, and a house.