Conor and I have been reading the book The Dangerous Book for Boys together and have been learning a lot about really random things. Reading this book together has become "our" thing.... we snuggle up and read a couple of sections now and then. It's wonderful to have this 1:1 time to slow down, learn some new things, and just be.
This book is very eclectic. There are sections on fossils, how to play stickball, how to fold paper airplanes, etc. One of the topics we read about last night was how to build the perfect tree house. Mind you, this was a VERY in-depth construction tutorial... pages and pages of specific board lengths, cutting angles, and hardware.
Needless to say, Conor was VERY inspired to build a treehouse after we read this section, and is gung ho about building a treehouse or fort at his grandparent's house .. Watch out, Bestemor and Bestefar! :D
Before going to bed last night, Conor insisted on drawing out the plans for his dream treehouse (see below). It comes complete with a juice/lemonade/smoothie hut, two dog houses (for Bestemor and Bestefar's dogs), a variety of M.C. Escher-esque staircases, and a rooftop deck complete with a pointy decoration thing-a-ma-bob. It is fall in his drawing, so there's only one leaf on the tree, but it is sunny enough for Conor to require sunglasses.
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