The Cardboard Box House

Nick and I recently found a perfect gift for Christian that would help with his therapy.  It was a Buzz Lightyear Rocket Ship he could drive.  We had to get it, despite there not being a real reason.  It came in a giant box, and Tessie saw the potential immeadiatly.  We spent the first part of the morning assembling the rocket, and I spent the second part of the morning following Tessie's very detailed directions to turn the box into a house.

First, Tessie wanted windows.  She said every house has four windows, and so her's got four.  I was busy with my exacto knife, and Tes was busy giving me orders.  She got more and more excited as her house progressed.  After the windows she requested a chimney, which she pieced together herself.  The final request was for some curtains, so I found myself making eight tiny tissue paper curtains, complete with curling ribbon ties.  Maybe this was a silly way to spend my morning, but the look on Tessie's face when she finally crawled into her house told me otherwise.  Watching her grinning while squished in the cardboard box house was wonderful, and simply beautiful.