Daily Play

Summer is getting to the point that the kids are so used to the freedom to play all day that I dread getting back into our normal routine at this point. The days in this house are priceless, listening to my kids play together and make up games. Sometimes, as in every home they come to me and complain of being bored or tattle on each other, but overall our kids get along very well. Lee and Ellis play a variety of games like Princess and Power Ranger. A lot of times they play "kitchen." They pull out all of their pots and pans and put a blanket on the floor and pretend to cook. This game can go on for a long time. Somedays it evolves, before I realize it, into the REAL kitchen and I will go in to find flour and oatmeal and all sort of experiments in various bowls. Gabby is usually in the thick of all of their play probably coaxing them to get out the food.

Lee had taken a recent interest in puzzles. This boy is a wonder at putting things together. He can sit and put a 100 piece puzzle together without moving from his seat once. Last night he played with his puzzles so long and quietly in his room that it started getting dark. He didn't even realize the room had gotten so dark until Trip went in to turn on the light for him. He kept working and working and then finally came out and said "Come and see!" He had taken all of his puzzles and put them all together and stretched them out across his floor to display. We let him sleep with his puzzles all over his floor and they are still there today.

Enough writing for now. I have been working on a special family project for the past day and I am determined to finish it this afternoon.