The Power of PLAY! I always find it interesting when people say, “Oh, I remember leaving my house in the morning and not coming home until the sun was about to go down”. Really? You stayed out all day and played and did not come home until dinner?! Well, I had four older Brothers, so they got to do that, but I don’t remember doing it and always wondered how you could “play” for that long, until over this particular Christmas Break! I have never played for so long in one sitting at a time as I did over this break. I am not sure if it’s the age of my kids or possibly a particular electronic device that Santa may have bestowed upon us, but man did I play. And now I get it…..I would look up and the day would be over, did we even eat lunch? I played so many darn video games with Luke that my eyes were crossed and hurting as I turned out the lights to go to sleep. I would get ready for bed and find stickers in my hair or beaded jewelry placed on my neck by sweet little angels, perhaps in my “video game head” stuper. I found an American Girl doll curler in one of my pockets one day, LOL! We had a LOT of family fun. It was a fast and furious FABULOUS time full of truly fun memories with actual traditions now…..before, we would implement them and keep them going, knowing the kids did not have a clue, but now they do and it’s so much FUN! I asked a friend of mine before break if she was going 100 miles an hour, stressed and going crazy and she said, “Yes, but I love this time of year so much that I don’t care”! I love that and she is so right ~ it’s crazy, but gosh, so much fun and so worth all of the hustle and bustle. AND, it snowed on Christmas Day! What a huge blessing.
Thank you God!!! LIFE IS GOOD:)