"It is raining!" T announces. "Do you want to come outside?"
I am cozily drinking tea in the house, reading a book just checked out from the library called "Parenting without Borders: Surprising Lessons Parents around the World Can Teach Us."
I say, "In a few minutes -would you like an umbrella?"
T smiles as he takes two umbrellas. One for both of the boys.
I soon see them both working on setting the umbrellas up over the outside chairs.
"Rain fort! " says T proudly when I come out to join the boys. I ask whether I should bring down another umbrella for me. "Yeah!" T shouts enthusiastically. We add it to the fort.
In reality the umbrella fort is only big enough for two boys and three toy cars which are being used as a game that I don't understand the rules. S is squished between chairs and chimenea holding out cars as T shouts them out. S makes sounds for each care as he holds them out. It is like a car orchestra: T is conductor and S musician.
Night has come yet the boys don't seem to get cold or hungry and continue to play outside as I go in the house to start dinner. I am thankful that our sink looks out over the yard and I can check on the shadows / silhouettes of the boys who are happily puttering about.
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