His father and twin brother are off on an errand, and 4 year old Pip is having long discussions with himself and his Legos. Noises like starships and unintelligible pronouncements are happy and upbeat. Mother with panic clutching her chest compulsively checks email.
Pip adores Legos, building things, and being in his own world. He can squawk unbelievably loudly and constantly if faced with a dislike. This is a constant since his birth. His eyes are open wide in all his photos, a bit more so that his brother's. This gives him a startled look, as if the stimuli in his world are too much. We worry about his lonely playing, but he's progressed very well over the last year.
When he's ready for engagement, he'll strip to his underwear, grab the blankets from his bed, and come to me with the most winsome, charming request: "Play with me on the bed?" This means we kick off our shoes and roll around in the blankets on top of the bed, hugging and tickling and wondering where Pip has gone when all we see is an undulating blanket.
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