My youngest grandson came for a visit this weekend. He's not quite 3 yet. We have lots of toys here, left over from when my own kids were small. I keep an assortment of them in my linen closet, where they are easy for the kids to get at. As is usually the case, many of the toys were out of the closet in no time, and scattered all over the living room. I don't mind this. I love to watch kids play.
Now this particular little critter thinks it's great fun to hide. He'll go under the kitchen table, or behind a chair, where, in either case, it is very easy to see him. But if you pretend you can't, he will sit very quietly for much longer than anyone would ever expect. He's normally a very busy little boy.
He was playing in the living room, with the toys, and occasionally deciding to hide. Then he went to the closet, I assumed, to see what it was he had not dug out of there yet. But he got awful quiet, so I went to look. He was gone. I called him and got no response. He was hiding again. He did a much better job of it this time, as he took all the remaining toys out of the closet, put himself in, and then quietly closed the door. He likely dusted the closet out for me in the process, but he not only had a new hiding place, but a fort of sorts. He was quite happy in there for a while.
Then, when he came out, he discovered that an empty cereal box made a good ramp for his Monster trucks to jump off of. That amused him, and Grandpa for quite a while too.
What I'm saying to you people is that it takes the simplest things to amuse little people. You don't need to spend big bucks to make them happy, or to get good play value. Little kids are quite capable of amusing themselves if you provide something that they can use to kick start their imaginations.
True. Very true!
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Deborah