Mother's Musings

I think sometimes it's a fine line between chaos and creativity. At least at our house. Probably much to my husband's chagrin, we've kind of developed a loose set of rules when it comes to toy territory. I like passing along sturdy boxes, containers and other stuff to CSR to play with in his pretend kitchen. That was the original intent anyway. Lately though it seems, stuff is everywhere. CSR is really, really good at getting stuff out to play with. But he needs a LOT of work on putting it away. Toys and the other detritus are often spread from bedroom to kitchen to dining room to living room. I swear he also takes special advantage of the distraction dinner preparation and the baby take.

I should give CSR credit for his how he puts the stuff to use with his imagination. Maybe all kids this age are this way, but I think he has a really brilliant imagination. One night he pulled out the green afghan and wove in some pipe cleaners and set up some bean bags and called it his rose garden, insisting that I be sure to water the flowers after he went to bed.




Another night Tyler went to check on CSR shortly after bedtime and he found him propped up on the pillows on his bed with some toy as a remote in his hand, to watch TV. And before you are horrified by the thought-- we do not have a TV in his bedroom. CSR had set up a small box on his dresser and was calling it his TV. He's also been known to pull out the cushions in the armchair and set them up in such a way so he can go fishing off the dock.




So what's a mom to do?