Usually they are pretty good together for about 20-30 minutes. This is the more normal relationship - Gregor getting Alastair to try stuff. Above was a different climbing on bed episode. This is Alastair's room. Here they had wedged Alastair's shelves by his bed and Gregor was getting him to use it as a ladder and jump onto the bed (??!!).
Here they were road sweepers with brushes.
A newly acquired doll's house that stayed that way for just five minutes before being transformed into a fire station (though when I suggested painting it to red, Gregor was horrified, and said it had to stay pink and purple). Very macho.
Pretend play is quite a new world for Alastair. As Gregor is age appropriate, so to speak, his play is complicated, but Alastair is just dipping his toe into the idea that he can play out real life with his toys. Dinosaurs attacking the castle is a bit anachranistically in at the deep end, but hey.
I love it most when they are calm and quiet, playing side by side and wheeling a few little carts and trains back and forth.
And with spring just around the corner, this has opened up the outside world for them once again! I am trying to make our gardening effort a more holistic affair with Alastair, and get him to practice colours, words, making his own signs, as well as planting and watching things grow. It's a work in progress obviously, but I'll try and blog what we've done so far.
These brothers celebrated Gregor's recent 'homecoming day' with a trip to McDonalds and a re-enactment of 'The Three Little Pigs' story - the bit where the third little pig rolls home from the fair in a barrel and knocks the wolf down.
Yesterday Gregor said 'If only I could shrink and get me into his brain and crack open the door so he can speak'.
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What a beautiful closing comment from Gregor!
Kate
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