Where's the basement?
Abbey and I were watching Mister Rogers' Neighbourhood this morning (a delightful episode where Purple Panda dresses up in a dinosaur costume, and then Fred takes a trip to the Carnegie Museum of Natural History--right here in Pittsburgh--to show off the Hall of Dinosaurs) and by the end of the episode, Abbey was confused.
Abbey: Why is he taking off his shoes?
Me: He's leaving his play shoes there and putting his fancy shoes back on.
Abbey: Why is he taking off his sweater?
Me: Because he keeps his sweaters there for play. He wears a sports jacket back to his house, see? (pointing to the "lovely" powder-blue blazer that men of Fred's generation seemed to favour)
Abbey: Maybe it's a vacation house.
Me: Why do you think so?
Abbey: Because it doesn't have a freezer* and I didn't see a door for the basement. Maybe I missed that part of the show? Or maybe the basement is underground somwhere?
Me: Maybe!
Did any of you ever wonder where the "rest" of Mister Rogers' house was? I assumed he slept on the sofa, but I did wonder where his bathroom was!
*she commented earlier when Fred opened his old-skool fridge that it didn't seem to have a freezer like ours does