Delusion:
I just finished a great learning toy for the boys! I cut numbers out of fabric, then sewed them onto felt with a zigzag stitch (which always seems fancy) and they are all hanging on a ribbon in Rush’s room. I have a list of different games we can play using the numbers. Rush and Tate are both learning to count!
Reality:
Today we were the people running through the library stacks at full speed and using the beanbags in the children’s section as trampolines, then rousing a friend from his book to wrestle. We had to leave and go to the park. I had fun making these numbers and now they spend their time on the floor, along with the wooden alphabet. Rush once took a nap with the number two. Our magnetic fridge letters went to Goodwill last week after enjoying a nice run as projectiles. We’re not going to be learning the alphabet using anything that has 26 pieces. And we’re not learning to count with anything that has an infinite number of pieces.
As long as we have big spaces to run and yell and drain energy, we do spend nice moments reading. I’ve been adding pillows to Rush’s reading nook and it’s making it that much nicer to curl up with Chowder and Flight of the Dodo. I turned his (stained and long-sleeved) Big Brother t-shirt into a pillow and the end result was excellent compared to the time spent making it. Tate has a monogramed romper that will undergo a transformation to pillow soon. Rush’s favorite new pillow, however, is the cowboy pillow directly to the right of the Big Bro pillow. It’s his choice reading spot.
So here I am, ever transforming from the person reading at the library to a part of the ruckus, sewing primarily in blues and greens. It’s naptime and the garbage truck just drove down the street. I felt guilty not going out to say hello.
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