“The playing adult steps sideward into another reality; the playing child advances forward to new stages of mastery.”
-Erik H. Erikson

Dear Friends,

We had a wonderful visit with our niece and her family for two days. My sweet grandnieces kept us entertained and filled with love and joy as they discovered new and wondrous things inside and outside  the house.
They loved walking the labyrinth and finding the little crystals and mini stones placed among the river rocks. They contributed a few small stones to the labyrinth as well.
They loved playing with all the trains, houses, animals, and elves in our North Pole Dept 56 Christmas collection. Our Thomas Train “hat” ended up in the Disneyland of the North Pole and one little moose seemed to “lose” an antler. Watching them play so creatively made us laugh. What a fun romp!
We  took a trip to the Children’s Museum where they could play on swinging ropes, paint, draw, make clay objects,  blow bubbles, build things, pretend in playhouses and sail boats.
When was the last time you played to just have fun, with no agenda?    I have been so pre-occupied with the Parliament, it was a blessing to take a day off, have fun and focus on these little girls and our delightful niece and her husband.  Fabulous parents! My niece and I have teaching in common so we shared many funny stories of our experiences. Laughter always accompanies FUN!

Sleeping, in their new ladybug sleeping bags,  after a  long day of fun and play.