Let Them Be Children

I love watching my kids play and use their little imaginations.  It makes me happy.  I hope they will be able to look back on their childhood days and feel like they didn't have a care in the world.  I hope they feel safe and happy and free to just be who they are.  I feel like this is really Cameron's last year to just "be a kid" and have lots of hours of free playtime before he has to start 1st grade.  I think it's so good for children to have that.  They need it.  I try to have several days a week where we have no plans and the tv/computers stay off for a lot of the day.  Not only does it keep me sane, but it forces my the kids to play with each other and talk and laugh and work out little fights and make up games and build their relationship.

Cam loves to be in costume.  Roo wanted whiskers too, so off my little tiger cuties went to play!!

 I told them to make up a dance for me while I ran down to the laundry room.  When I got back, they had a little show all planned out for me....including guitars (a racket and a boomerang) and cute songs!!

By the way, this is what Roo's hair looks like if you just let it dry after a bath....haha, poor kid!