At last. I have been waiting these past several weeks for this to kick in with our children. This belief that I have, "When there are three of you, there is no reason for you to be bored." Or "make your own fun--with each other." The issue for us is that this is not really a problem for eldest son or Imp, they can entertain themselves quite well with no need for outside input. But eldest daughter craves a new project every 5 minutes (one thought up by one or both of her parents and that will require us to be present for her to be satisfied in it). This is both exhausting and not feasible (for my sanity to say the least), so we've been letting her roam around the house asking for "something to do..."
Until at last she found it--her imagination--and now the games and fun things she is leading the other two in..it is so satisfying to see. So satisfying. No really, I actually took pictures.
Here eldest daughter came up with and set up this Polly Pocket Store all on her own (though she may have been inspired by Fancy Nancy's Fabulous Fashion Boutique). She set up several cardboard boxes to be her "scanner" and then placed polly pocket stuff around the room (items to be sold were placed in a different location from those to be borrowed--but everything had to be scanned. =))
We were all invited to come shop and play. As you can see Imp (aka "The Hulk") was quick to join in.
For some reason she was not thrilled about having her picture taken.
I got these two little dolls for a song. =)
Where all of our excess money goes these days! Maybe someday we'll have enough for new curtains. ;)
This was too good not to include. Imp (aka "The Bag Lady") tied her belt to the inflatable horse in order to pull away her haul.
Until at last she found it--her imagination--and now the games and fun things she is leading the other two in..it is so satisfying to see. So satisfying. No really, I actually took pictures.
