The little things...
Sometimes I think that my daughter teaches me more than I will ever be able to teach her. It's amazing how she gets such a delight in the little things. She really teaches me to slow down, live in the moment. We were outside today, nothing real big, just running around the yard. She'll be toddling along and suddenly stop because she sees a small acorn that she needs to inspect. Why this acorn? I don't know. My front yard is littered with hundreds of them. But for some reason it the sea of grass, weeds and other acorns this one caught her attention. How often do we just blindly meander threw life?
My wife has a little bear that has little sweaters: one for each month. There is also blocks that represent the days. Recently Rachel has found out that these sweaters, which are now more of one of her toys, fit on her arms. She'll bring one over and hold out her arm and then she'll go get another. We do thins until she has four or five of these sweaters on her arms. She'll giggle, run over to her toys and in a few seconds pull them off. A few seconds later here she comes to start the process all over again. I know she's being silly and, I bet, she does to. She reminds me that it is good to be silly. How often would we say harshly, "Take off those sweaters. They don't go on your arms!" Maybe they don't, but it wouldn't be silly if they did.
Something else she learned recently is the spinning/dizzy effect. Today she stood in the middle of the living room, spun around, fell and then giggled. After she sun around she would try to stay up as long as possible. She did this several times before going onto the next thing. Spinning has to be one of the most basic way to be silly and have fun. It's free and all you need is yourself. With all the money we've spent on toys, she likes to spin. How often to we take the moment to stop and have fun in the simplest of things? Or are we always running off to the next appointment or spending all the money on the latest toys?
I know she's only two, but she has already taught me a lot about life. It's little things like these that I try to remember when it's been a bad day or she's particularly fussy. So if your days kind of bad, and your child's being on the bad side, go outside and spin. You'll have fun.
My wife has a little bear that has little sweaters: one for each month. There is also blocks that represent the days. Recently Rachel has found out that these sweaters, which are now more of one of her toys, fit on her arms. She'll bring one over and hold out her arm and then she'll go get another. We do thins until she has four or five of these sweaters on her arms. She'll giggle, run over to her toys and in a few seconds pull them off. A few seconds later here she comes to start the process all over again. I know she's being silly and, I bet, she does to. She reminds me that it is good to be silly. How often would we say harshly, "Take off those sweaters. They don't go on your arms!" Maybe they don't, but it wouldn't be silly if they did.
Something else she learned recently is the spinning/dizzy effect. Today she stood in the middle of the living room, spun around, fell and then giggled. After she sun around she would try to stay up as long as possible. She did this several times before going onto the next thing. Spinning has to be one of the most basic way to be silly and have fun. It's free and all you need is yourself. With all the money we've spent on toys, she likes to spin. How often to we take the moment to stop and have fun in the simplest of things? Or are we always running off to the next appointment or spending all the money on the latest toys?
I know she's only two, but she has already taught me a lot about life. It's little things like these that I try to remember when it's been a bad day or she's particularly fussy. So if your days kind of bad, and your child's being on the bad side, go outside and spin. You'll have fun.