Both of my children are equally different in personality as I am sure is the case with most parents. Brooke is a mixture of a tom boy and a girly girl...depending on what day it is she could be playing dress up or carrying around frogs and digging for rolly pollys. And Paige is just Paige there is no real way to describe that child except that she is special...very very special...at times we think she lives in her own world but that is okay we love her just the same :-) Paige has an imagination like no other...she is very creative and expressive. No matter what their personalities may be however, they both just like to have fun. After all they are kids right?!!! Well I try to encourage creativity and above all fun at my house, but I am not too big on messes that tend to come along with creativity and fun...I try...I really really try to just let them do and be but it's hard to watch some things when you know that YOU and ONLY you will be cleaning up the mess!! Well last night we had movie night which is VERY VERY frequent at my house and one of our favorite things to do. So it is coming time to watch our movies of choice for the evening..and Brooke makes a request...."Mom...can I please make a tent in the living room out of blankets." Well for a second my instinct kicked in and I wanted to say no but then something inside me happened and I was taken back to my childhood. You see my brother and me LOVED to build "forts" out of anything really...but it was the coolest thing in the world to put hard work into building something that was yours and only yours NO PARENTS aloud. We actually built a maze fort one time that took up my whole bed room and I still to this day remember how cool it was. So as I stood there and looked upon the face of my five year old I had two choices...#1: I could say no, avoid a mess and be a fun ruiner OR #2: I could say YES and help her build the coolest fort of all forts....so I opted for choice number two...and I helped her build one totally awesome fort not only did we use blankets but we also used every single couch cushion, two bar stools, and the coffee table..it even had a "trap door" that allowed her to peek out and watch her movie. So the living room was in complete shambles and I had to wake up early this morning to clean it up before church but my sweet, sweet Brooke had one heck of a party last night..eating popcorn and watching movies in her very own fort and I am sure she will remember it for some time to come!!! At the end of the day all the messes can be cleaned up but the memories can not be taken away.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Kids Will Be Kids!!
Both of my children are equally different in personality as I am sure is the case with most parents. Brooke is a mixture of a tom boy and a girly girl...depending on what day it is she could be playing dress up or carrying around frogs and digging for rolly pollys. And Paige is just Paige there is no real way to describe that child except that she is special...very very special...at times we think she lives in her own world but that is okay we love her just the same :-) Paige has an imagination like no other...she is very creative and expressive. No matter what their personalities may be however, they both just like to have fun. After all they are kids right?!!! Well I try to encourage creativity and above all fun at my house, but I am not too big on messes that tend to come along with creativity and fun...I try...I really really try to just let them do and be but it's hard to watch some things when you know that YOU and ONLY you will be cleaning up the mess!! Well last night we had movie night which is VERY VERY frequent at my house and one of our favorite things to do. So it is coming time to watch our movies of choice for the evening..and Brooke makes a request...."Mom...can I please make a tent in the living room out of blankets." Well for a second my instinct kicked in and I wanted to say no but then something inside me happened and I was taken back to my childhood. You see my brother and me LOVED to build "forts" out of anything really...but it was the coolest thing in the world to put hard work into building something that was yours and only yours NO PARENTS aloud. We actually built a maze fort one time that took up my whole bed room and I still to this day remember how cool it was. So as I stood there and looked upon the face of my five year old I had two choices...#1: I could say no, avoid a mess and be a fun ruiner OR #2: I could say YES and help her build the coolest fort of all forts....so I opted for choice number two...and I helped her build one totally awesome fort not only did we use blankets but we also used every single couch cushion, two bar stools, and the coffee table..it even had a "trap door" that allowed her to peek out and watch her movie. So the living room was in complete shambles and I had to wake up early this morning to clean it up before church but my sweet, sweet Brooke had one heck of a party last night..eating popcorn and watching movies in her very own fort and I am sure she will remember it for some time to come!!! At the end of the day all the messes can be cleaned up but the memories can not be taken away.
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