166.Determined Children. It's raining in my kitchen. Or, It would be if my dear S-Train could figure out how to make that happen. He has turned the kitchen/dining room area into the Rainforest Cafe. (We went there once. It stuck.) We have a tree that might someday grow to connect with the bird and monkey hanging on branches. The light has become a sun. There is a cheetah on the wall near one of the dinosaurs. There is green crepe paper on the chandelier for ambiance and Rainforest Cafe signs at each "entrance." There are open and closed signs. There is even a cash register (out of legos), money (pattern blocks), a notebook to take orders, a cell phone (also legos), and menus (made on the computer with the help of Dad and put into page protector sleeves when Mom wouldn't spring for actual lamination.) My neighbor keeps saying, "He doesn't lack commitment."
Many, many people I know ask, "How can you stand it when your kids do that?" Stand what? They are learning problem solving and the creativity involved is incredible. There are all sorts of skills being learned here. Including how to run a restaurant. After all, dishes must be done, and restaurants need clean counters and floors. ;-) (Also how to work with management when your mom won't let you make things exactly the way you envisioned.)
It's not always on my time table, but it certainly makes life fun. I'll only have this kind of excitement going on for a few more years. Then my walls will go back to plain boring and vanilla. My child will go on to design sets for famous movies or problem solve major logistical problems for a company somewhere because he knows how to GET THINGS DONE.
Meanwhile, I intend to scoop up every minute like it is peach cobbler ice cream and the sun is HOT.
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