Sunday, June 13, 2010
Rain Dance
Kids can have fun wherever they are. Today it was at an outdoor graduation party in the pouring down rain.
Guests begin arriving and relaxing on the lawn furniture. Conversations start up and unfortunately so does the rain. We all scamper into the garage. All of us that is besides all of the children. They are unfazed by the rain...no better yet, they are enthused by it! Suddenly they are creating quite the entertainment for all of the huddling adult guests in the garage. The kids are dancing with umbrellas, jumping in the puddles, finding slugs on the fence, playing soccer in the wet yard, playing wet ping pong, and they are laughing and yelling and energized by the water! The adult guests begin to grab cameras, laugh and point and talk about the funny kids and all their fun.
Earlier this week the fun was at the dentist. The dentist? Yes, the dentist. How do my 5 children find joy in the dentist's 5 foot X 5 foot waiting room? They tease each other, see who can jump the highest, show each other weird stuff in magazines, crawl under the furniture, ask me a trillion questions, and play with their new toothbrushes.
Oh, to have a child's perspective on the world. Obviously we can't have that perspective all of the time, but it would be great if now and then we can get ourselves to "play in the rain," instead of just taking pictures of it.
Also I don't want to forget:
- at the graduation party next door, Elaina went home to change out of her wet dress, and came out in unmatching skirt and top and the top was on backwards. She was very proud, so I just let her stay that way.
- elaina actually found a friend tonight who likes bugs and critters as much as she does! They played with the slugs from the fence for at least an hour.
- charlie has been snuggling with me in bed as I've been blogging. He came up to me about 15 minutes ago with his lips puckered, so I puckered and waited for the kiss, instead he blew in my mouth and puffed my cheeks up, and now he thinks this is very funny. I may never get a normal kiss again. He just fell asleep on me. Is there anything better?
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Last summer, with all the rain we had at the beginning, gave me a whole new perspective on the weather. Eventually, we got tired of waiting for it to clear before doing what we wanted and just did it. We had the best time walking our dog in the rain and splashing each other. Last years Memorial Day rain flooded the volleyball court, and instead of huddling and trying to stay dry on the deck, we got out there and played volleyball in ankle-deep weather. I will admit that it was hard to make lemonade out of the cold weather and rain at the mud volleyball tournament, but with weather just as life, it's when we stop waiting around for something "better" and live in the moments we ate given that the magic happens.
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