Minivan

We have several little chairs. We got the blue one free from someone who was giving it away at our co-op. The two white ones we picked up from someone's trash pile on a walk through our neighborhood one morning several years ago. And the brown one was given to us by our good frined neighbors down the street after their kids got a little too big and old for it. Unfortunately, these chairs don't stay lined up by the wall . . .

Usually they are arranged in a "minivan" formation, smack-dab in the middle of some room. In this case, they are in the middle of the entry way, effectively blocking traffic both in front and in back.
The driver steers with a genuine "Tonka Joe" dashboard that came with a really cool "Tonka Joe" computer game my brother gave the boys many, many years ago. All 4 boys thoroughly enjoyed driving the big dump truck, bulldozer, crane, etc., but we don't anymore have anyone who fits the game's target audience. Not to worry! Anna has discovered you can pilot an imaginary minivan just as effectively as an imaginary big rig with this steering wheel, complete with horn you "honk" by pulling down on.

There's always a row of "carseats" for the babies. Where do they get these ideas? LOL--looks like our vans! We don't have quite enough small chairs, as it turns out, so strollers have to be pressed into service. I'm sure they're very secure and safe, LOL.

There are various and assorted passengers riding along with whatever actual little girls are in the minivan. Today's passengers include this bear from Aunt Rose, dressed up in princess dress-up clothes, also from Aunt Rose. Anna hit upon the idea of dressing up this big bear just last week, and we were all pretty impressed that she made it work! Princess Bear lends a touch of elegance to the backseat of the van, don't you think?

I actually cleaned up the entry way and playroom this morning, while the girls were outside, but I thought I should memorialize one of Anna's minivan arrangements before I destroyed it. Even though all the chairs and toys have been moved back into the playroom, I'm sure they will make their way out into some other inconvenient place as a new minivan soon!