We got a new house. We got a new play set. We put up our trampoline. Sod is on the way.
But all these precious little boys want to do is throw rocks in the "pond".
We have two empty lots next door to us with standing water in them - ponds. They are learning how to find and skip rocks. They are in a contest to hit an abandoned garage door opener in the pond. They have proclaimed that every time they hit it, they get a piece of candy. They take rocks home from the cottage to throw in the pond!
They have also left our sandbox for the big sand pile the construction crews left. They have left our rock-climbing wall for the big dirt mound two lots over.
Yet, I am glad.
These boys can find fun in anything. They don't need the stuff, the toys so heavily advertised and consumed by us doting parents. When did the tides turn stating we had to keep up with Jones'? My dad tells story again and again playing with only one little truck growing up, making his fun for himself.
We are very thankful for our "stuff". We are truly blessed. We are blessed to have a swing set when there is no nearby park. We are blessed to have money to afford the extra insurance to have a trampoline. Yet, we are blessed also to have God's creation to explore and treasure and have "adventures along the trail," as the boys say.
So, we are making these days of summer "lazy" at our house. No over-scheduling, no must-do's for the summer - we are just going to play. And, Gosh darn it, if my boys want to pull down their pants to go to the bathroom outside, then I say go for it!
Happy Summer!
But all these precious little boys want to do is throw rocks in the "pond".
We have two empty lots next door to us with standing water in them - ponds. They are learning how to find and skip rocks. They are in a contest to hit an abandoned garage door opener in the pond. They have proclaimed that every time they hit it, they get a piece of candy. They take rocks home from the cottage to throw in the pond!
They have also left our sandbox for the big sand pile the construction crews left. They have left our rock-climbing wall for the big dirt mound two lots over.
Yet, I am glad.
These boys can find fun in anything. They don't need the stuff, the toys so heavily advertised and consumed by us doting parents. When did the tides turn stating we had to keep up with Jones'? My dad tells story again and again playing with only one little truck growing up, making his fun for himself.
We are very thankful for our "stuff". We are truly blessed. We are blessed to have a swing set when there is no nearby park. We are blessed to have money to afford the extra insurance to have a trampoline. Yet, we are blessed also to have God's creation to explore and treasure and have "adventures along the trail," as the boys say.
So, we are making these days of summer "lazy" at our house. No over-scheduling, no must-do's for the summer - we are just going to play. And, Gosh darn it, if my boys want to pull down their pants to go to the bathroom outside, then I say go for it!
Happy Summer!
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