Building Texas

Bud has been building Texas in the basement.

In his assigned square (each child has a spot in the basement, about 4 x 4', that they can fill with toys and not have to clean up each day, so that their creations can stay around for multiple days of play), he has been recreating everything we did on our vacation, with some minor alterations.

There's a museum with Chinese warriors. And a cabin next to a forest of little plastic trees. The forest is filled with animals, like wolves and beavers and deer. And monkeys. But the nearby pond is not freshwater, it's salt, and has sharks in it. And an alligator. Nearby, knights on horseback joust, in their own little Renaissance Festival.

Texas is a crazy place, but it would be even crazier if Bud were in charge!