Serif and the Barbies

Recently at a birthday party for a friend of Serif's we went to Shipwrecked Playhouse. It's a cool place for birthday parties with a ship in the middle (complete with two slides), ball pit, oversized play tables for trains, another for cars, dress up areas, etc. they also had a big dollhouse with various Barbies. Serif was a bit shy about playing, much less playing with anything by himself, but right before dinner and cake, he discovered the dollhouse. he really liked it. when he was done eating he asked if he could go back to the playroom to play. Michelle and i finished up and walked back only to discover this:

what makes this so funny (and awesome) is they were fully clothed before dinner. he was giddy over them being naked! he had a proud, curious, "look what i did, daddy," smile when we came in – like he thought it might be wrong, yet couldn't resist either (i know the feeling, buddy). after a few minutes of (naked) Barbie play, he took a break to go get a little Lightning McQueen push car. realizing it was a bit to small for him, he thought the Barbies should go for a ride.

(this must be how Hef gets around)

mommy and i thought it might be a good idea if the Barbies got dressed so all the parents, who we didn't know, wouldn't get the wrong idea about us and the boy. oh, and i discovered i'm not to good at that part. those little snaps are hard. we got them dressed and he moved on, finally getting brave enough to do the slides and ball pit. loved the ball pit. all in all, a VERY fun evening. thanks Lilli (and Lilli's folks)!

(crack-house Barbie)