Bannister Percussion

Sometimes (well, ok, quite often) when I read forums, books and blog posts along the lines of "Children Don't Need Toys", I get a little irked..... Not majorly, because as long as there is something to play with the Greener smalls will entertain themselves. But sometimes, there are situations only Lego can fix..... and then there are squawks over who had it first and the smugness of my imagined online advisor - "a handful of acorns amuse mine for hours on end" - grates.... All in my head of course...

Anyway - just demonstrating that this post is rooted in happy incredulity, not smugness.

4 chairs, 4 kids, a variety of sticks that started life as wooden meccano called Baufix, and some bannisters. They played so happily for so long, taking turns at introducing each other's solos, and then joining together for a grande finale. And I made dinner, tidied bedrooms and pootled about online. A lovely rainy afternoon....


The band:



The soloist:




The audience:




(Oh, and Noah does have some clothes - a whole wardrobe full. He just chooses not to wear them most of the time.)