Emily's Hotel

Growing up my sister and I used to build tents in our room or the living room as often as we could. We would build mansions taking up every square inch of the room and using every blanket we could find. Inside the tent there would be hallways, bedrooms, kitchens and living rooms. Sometimes they would even be 2 story if we incorporated our bunk beds into it. We would leave them up for days or a week depending on when mom needed her blankets back. We loved to sleep in them and bring our toys and books in to play with.
The love of tent building has now been passed down to Emily! Although for some strange reason she calls them hotels instead of tents. Anytime there are chairs and blankets in the living room she asks us to build her a hotel. She has now begun telling us how to build it and what blankets are best to use. And it is not complete without a door. Sometimes she will even grab her clothes to cover up any places that she deems needing to be covered up. She then grabs her friends, books and flashlight and spends a good long time in the hotel reading to them. She isn't one to play by herself very often and I love that this keeps her occupied for such a long time.