Most days our playroom is a disaster. Toys of every variety are everywhere, all over the room and too often around the house. Saturday was a rare day where it was all clean and organized. Emmett wanted to revisit the train that he picked out for his birthday. It took about 10 minutes to find all the tracks in all the boxes and places they had been put away. Elle wanted to play her usual part of destroyer.
Emmett loves building things out of anything he has access to, he is so imaginative and creative. I love it! He loves getting LEGO sets and building them right away, but soon they get broken up and then he goes and creates his own things. He love trucks and trailers, at any given time he has several trucks pulling around trailers with other cars on top or parts inside. I love it. So much.
I should probably mention that his stories have a tendency to get a little out of control. His imagination really goes wild. I also love that he found a piece that looks like a transmission and drive shafts. I actually have no idea how he’s even aware those parts exist on a car.
This afternoon was a quiet one. I was taking a shot break in bad, half asleep. Alicia had just finished feeding the kids and was getting ready for the day. When she came into the bedroom I inquired about the kids. She said it’s quiet so Emmett probably found the TV remotes and put on a show.
Well. She was wrong. Emmett had found the craft box with markers and scissors. He was making Elle look cool by drawing on her arms (including writing her name on her forearm) and giving her a haircut. The joys of creative children!
Several years ago in the spring my sweet mom started planting a bunch of pumpkins in part of her garden. Over the summer they grow and eventually overtake a large bank of dirt. Not being one to be satisfied by just big smooth orange carving pumpkins, she planted several fun varieties with textures and bumps and colors. We’ve made sure to keep that going over the year. Today it was time to harvest.
