It is natural for little kids to play, right?? Well, I don't like to play. I am not sure that I ever did. My mom remembers me getting all the kids together to do shows or learn gymnastics. There was also the library that I put together a Dewey Decimal system for and the pretend city of my yard that I would ride around my bike on. As for playing...I don't think so.
My girls love to play and I don't like to play with them. Not because I don't like them but if I am going to play, the conversation will be more than likely in my head and it will be the story I create. I feel bad for not wanting to play with toys for hours on end. If there is a purpose to the toy, like learning colors, I am all over it but just playing, yuck! This makes me very thankful for my not so introverted husband. He likes to be crazy with the girls and play all sorts of stuff. He is a great babysitter and let's just be honest...I am a horrible babysitter! I always have been.
I say we forget playing and organize something!
hi chelsea!
ReplyDeleteyeap, your post describes me too. sometimes i feel bad i'm not being the "ideal" mommy the world wants me to be--you know, doing crafts with the kids all day, playing in the pool with them, and giving them horse rides. we just find our balance together with a few moments of active time and then the needed daily quiet time (they can read or color alone). we just do what feels normal to me. i'm still trying to get them interested in constructive things like clean up time or arranging their books. any ideas?--tiffani
ahh...the bookshelf! I am constantly getting the girls to pick up books. If you try for once a week to straighten it up then you won't feel so defeated when it has books every which way and on the floor around the shelf. I probably ask the girls every other day to bring all the books out of their rooms and put them on the shelf, that has been helpful.
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