I got home a little early today so Mom sent me down to the basement with Charles. Charles was actually using the basement for fun, rather than just playing with cars or the computer.
First Charles got out a push cart shaped like (wait for it …) a car (surprise!) and was scooting around on it. The basement is still mostly clear from the Halloween party so Charles could get some good velocity. After scooting a bit, he came over to the couch and started showing us all of the stuff under the seat in the car. I was actually stunned at the amount of car and block material Charles pulled out. I, of course, had to name every … single … one as Charles put them on the couch next to me.
Sadly, the cart also has buttons that play little sound clips, including one that is the alphabet song. Charles played that and made me lip-synch it as it played. Charles would giggle so much he’d almost fall down. At the end he’d let out a little scream, clap and yell “done!”.
The next round was Charles cruising the basement again, except this time he’d say “bye!” and wave as he headed off for the computer room. Then he’d come back, waving and saying “hi!”. Finally we played “chase” with Charles on the cart and me pushing a different pushcart.
So I guess this all makes buying the house worthwhile.