Beta Mum's Blog Beta Mum on 12 Oct 2007 04:39 pm
Ben’s den
You may remember this.
I knew it wouldn’t last, but just a few weeks later I’m faced with this.
Not only is it nearly as messy as it was before I attacked it with an exocet missile, but he’s also set up a den under the pinball machine, in which he sleeps.
If you look very carefully you can see a foot lying on top of the duvet.
Here’s a close-up.
When I explained to a visiting estate agent why there was a duvet, pillow, bedside lamp and book piled up in the corner of the room, he said -
“Perhaps he’s training to be a commando?”
I put this to Ben and he replied -
“No, a spy.”
I have informed Ben that his nights of curling up on a floorspace too small to house a guinea pig humanely will be coming to an abrupt end when potential buyers start descending. Assuming they do, which in this market is debatable.
I will have to brace myself for complaints that I’m ruining his chances of ever being a SpyKid.
on 13 Oct 2007 at 7:53 pm 1.Mutterings & Meanderings said …
I thought you were meant to make dens outside! We did, under trees, in trees etc with stuff we found lying around. Great fun.
on 13 Oct 2007 at 8:13 pm 2.21st Century Mummy said …
Thank you for these photos. I am so happy that I am not alone…good luck with selling the house
on 14 Oct 2007 at 10:44 am 3.Penny in Amsterdam said …
With the descent of buyers for your house the mood for the move gathers pace. More and more do I hear strains of Vera Lynn in the background as I read your blog**. No doubt the Rock* will offer more scope for outside dens than Plymouth, but what will Ben and Hannah think of their childhood there? Will they hang out at the Weighbridge too?
*By the way I thought that was Gibraltar?
**Which I still do with great enjoyment.
on 17 Oct 2007 at 9:38 pm 4.Beta Mum said …
M&M - dens inside, made of sofa cushions, and dens outside, made of bits of old planks. Where there is stuff, there are dens.
21st - mess will be banished from next week. But who will do the tidying?
Penny - B and H are putting on a positive face that hides inner fears. The Rock is what locals call Jersey. The Weighbridge is no longer the bus station. Temps passe.