The Nest.

(9th Consecutive Post!)

Today me and Owen, (in refuge from our grumpy father) spent an hour or so holed up upstairs. Mom was at her "Senior olympics" volunteer meeting. When we got upstairs, the first thing that caught my eye was Owen's radio.
     Owen's radio is shaped like a large, single Lego brick, and it's very much fun to mess around with. As I was exploring the channels, Owen came up with a game. He touched the antenna to a body part, and I would tune the radio into a random station to see what his body part was "thinking". The first thing we did was touch the antenna to his chin. I randomly sped through channels until landing in one spot. We immediatley heard the classic "I'm Sexy and I Know it" emanating from the speakers. We both cracked up. Owen touched the antenna to my glasses, and the radio came on to a politics talk show. I suppose my glasses are very serious; ironic, considering they look like harry-potter's pair.
We touched the antenna to the head of my stuffed Piglet toy, which I still have from my early days, to find out what was going on inside his head. I never knew piglet spoke Spanish.
     Bored of the radio, we went to my room and began constructing a "nest" of various sheets and pillows. We first lay down a comforter, folded in two; then a few pillows, and then began constructing the walls. I dug through the closet for all the sheets I could find, whether forgotten or well-used. (I found the sheets that go with mom's bedspread.) while Owen "shaped" the walls. Finally, we had a nice, soft, comfy nest. in which I could read Yotsuba&! to Owen in peace. We got through a few chapters before mom came back.

(9th Consecutive Post!)