It’s raining here. It’s also Saturday. Boo hoo.
I like my kids, most of the time, but truth be told, I don’t like playing with them for hours on end. I want them to just play. With each other, with toys, with crayons, with sand, whatever. I think NOT constantly interacting with kids is good for them. It teaches them to rely on their own ingenuity, work shit out for themselves, and all that.
And yeah, maybe I wanted to drink a cup of coffee and blog and check out Facebook and all that other stuff after I had played with the kids for an hour.
That last sentence is what motivated the burst of creativity that bought me the free time that is bringing you this post.
All it took was tape and lugging a few bins of blocks downstairs. The kids want to be near me, and sometimes they will play without trying to draw me in if they’re just in the same room.
Ok, back to the tape.
I have tons of painters tape around from some recent projects. I found it, and I made paths with it, sort of like the streets in a town. The boys were busy for an hour. They each ran to find a Hot Wheels car, then they got busy building garages for their cars and (the following gives you a glimpse into our lives) a Walmart and a Petsmart. And for some reason, the little one built a church. We go to a UU church about twice a month, but I wouldn’t say it’s a huge thing in his life. Maybe it’s the church on every block that we see in our town. He thinks they look like castles.
But whatever.
They built a town and left me alone for a precious 30 minutes. Win! Oh, And the crazy looking tape configuration in that one spot was created by the 5-year-old. Not sure why I feel the need to say that. Maybe because I don’t want readers thinking I would make an awful city planner because I WOULD NOT.
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