James's tour of Chip's new house

I showed James my last blog entry about his time in the states. He soon started taking pictures of the house here to tell people about Chippie’s new home. (I guess he wanted to return the favor.) Here’s his essentially unfettered account though I tried to steer him away from describing every item in each picture. 

Let me pre-empt any comments about whose narrative is more stimulating. I'm trying to learn from the fresh and uninhibited observations of a seven year old. 

We took some pictures of Chip's new house. It is very good. Chip is having a nice time. This is a bit of his office. There is more too. This is the other part of his office. This is my mom’s old sewing machine.

This is the sink in the bathroom where we wash our teeth and wash our hands. This is the bath where we clean. Mommy sometimes relaxes in it. Chip lights candles for Mom. This is the toilet with one of the candles on top of it.

This is mom’s bed in her bedroom. There is a lamp beside the bed. Chip sleeps in there, too. It is a nice bedroom. It is a very good room. I go in there in the mornings with Mom and Chip.

This is the dining room. I like eating there. We eat there on Xmas eve and special occasions.

The lounge is the best place in the house because of all the comfy furniture, the rug and the TV.  This is the other side of the lounge. The big door goes to the garden. I sometimes make dens behind the furniture. We don’t often use the lamp on the side. This is the whole living room but there is another half. 

This is the kitchen where we normally eat. There is a radio that we listen to. I like to eat there because you can see out the window. This is the toaster.

This is my playroom where I leave most of my toys. I have lots of toys and games to play with in there. It’s quite a nice place. I have a football board, a tv and a map in the back. The door leads to Kissa’s room. (Kissa is the cat.) There are some beanbags to sit on while I watch the tv and a nice rug to lie on. I like it in there because there is lots of stuff to do and I can relax in there. This is my fish tank. I can look at my fish in my playroom. I like the old ship decoration and the rocks. The fish don’t normally go in there but when they sleep they look like they are dead. They’re not really dead.

 

This is outside. Not oftenly [sic] we eat out here. It’s a nice table because you can feel the breeze and we have candles. In the daytime, it's nice because of the sun. I like it because of all the sounds you can hear. This is my trampoline. I go there quite often. I got it for my seventh birthday. It’s nice because it is shady under the tree. It is very bouncy. Sometimes friends come round and I let them bounce on the trampoline, too, with me. We play this game where there are lots of balls and we have to dodge them.

This is the garden. I have a shed that I can go in. It’s really messy in there. I can go on the playset and a goal I can shoot in. I sometimes play football in the garden with my dad. I like playing football with my dad. I also go to a football club.

This is the veggie patch where we get most of our vegetables. There is a giant pumpkin but the bad thing is there are loads and loads and loads of caterpillars. The caterpillars eat all the leaves of the vegetables. For some reason the vegetables don’t die.

This is my bedroom. I really like sleeping with my teddies. (James petered out here and went to sleep with his teddies. His bedroom is the site of many inspired works including his version of Captain Underpants with text and drawings, new Lego inventions, and, recently, James's Book of Life.)