Thursday, February 05, 2009

Don't Forget the Forest

Every once in awhile I get a big-picture view of parenting. It's always instructive, and refreshing. Like adults, kids can't do the same thing day after day without getting stir crazy and bored. Even watching TV, which our kids do (gasp!), and so far their brains haven't fallen out of their heads.

Today was Imagination Day. At various times today, the kids were:

Skiing (they had to wear footed sleepers for this portion)
Pretending that Sascha was the mom and Zoe was the kid
Going to outer space, complete with helmets, goggles and space suits (also the aforementioned footed sleepers - they are quite versatile)

This morning, they decorated Christmas cookies. No, I'm not months behind in my updates. We made them last night and whipped up a few different colors of frosting this morning. A few years ago I would have been aghast at making and decorating Christmas cookies in February. But you know, why not? Is there really a rule against it?

Don't tell me if there is, okay. Because they had a really good time.

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