We bought Ava Scarlett a bunch of wooden furniture pieces (by Plan Toys) at Christmas, and for her birthday, so she would have ideal living arrangements for her ever-growing collection of Calico Critters. All the stuff is arranged in an armoire we have in the TV room, all on the middle shelf, which seems just the right height for her.
Most nights when I sort out this play room (so Martin and I might watch some television on the comfy couch, free from the visual clutter of all the kid things strewn about) I tend to reset this space to look much like we presented it to her around the holidays – as a lovely little mouse-house, replete with a full kitchen that includes kettle, coffee maker, microwave, pantry storage for plates, bowls, rolling pin, and whisk (oh my!) dining table and chairs and a high chair, beds, dressers with drawers, crib and baby carriage.
Like this:
(Those little hedgehogs totally look like rock stars!)
What I find every evening, looks much like a scene from the morning after a massive orgy – everybody’s naked, there’s a kangaroo in the house, someone put a penguin in the freezer, and it appears like everyone also decided to drink the Kool-Aid:
Debauchery Central
Including Pinocchio (with fancy Mardi Gras beads), a weird little robot, and a couple of cops.
*shrugs*
I dunno. I just… I don’t know.
Pinocchio and his friends have obviously been following Ernie (who was passed out drunk in The Way They Play 2). Perhaps the comes came to help the poor saps and ended up with spiked punch? Poor baby on the change table…
That’s soooooo eerie, Jen. Yikes!! I also get creeped-out when the baby dolls are lying down with their eyes at half-mast… they look freshly murdered. *shudders* I should just keep chucking everything behind closed doors. Or, maybe just throw the dolls away.
I LOVE this! I think she’s probably working on a concept for Hangover III.
My daughter used to love setting up all her dolls on the carpet, face down, for naptime in the little classroom that she lorded over. It creepily reminded me of some Columbine re-enactment, and I’d always quickly flip the dolls back up to a seated position every single time.
Yes, it’s the cops… and mostly everyone is face-down (in their own pools of vomit, perhaps?) and it’s all just so NUTSO in there!! She also has a Studebaker-style car for them all to ride around in, and inevitable, some little critters are stuffed in the trunk too. I’m trying not to worry about her. 😉
LOL! I love the two Playmobil cops passed out (or worse?!?) on the floor. And Pinocchio…so hilarious 😉
*snort*
You’re hilarious, Erin… and, you know I’m not talking about the disarray – it just TOTALLY looks like a frat house gone WAY wrong inside… it’s weird. Hee!!
Ha! That’s what my house looks like! 🙂