The Hotel

I'm fairly sure I've sung the praises of both Tinkertoys and old school Fisher Price Little People in previous blogs. They're cool and oozing with creative potential, etc. etc.
Doubtless I've also gushed on and on about what utter geniuses/architects/inventors/thinkers my kids are (when they're using their powers for good).
The moment captured here shows the culmination of a full day of construction, destruction, reconstruction, and negotiation, infused with the odd teachable moment, and sprinkled with a bit of potty humor (the Little People do have a little toilet, after all).
Enlarge this bad boy, and check out the hotel room numbers, the furniture, and the harmonious faces on two children who would, under normal circumstances, be scowling at one another (at the very least).

Not visible in the above photo is the pulley-operated yellow elevator, so I'm including this alternate view from a bit earlier in the evening – about the time that Clara was tying a big pink ribbon around the top floors of the hotel. Why?Tomorrow's project: the Geodesic Dome.