As we evolve our thinking and embrace the simpler life, I am struck by how children are entertained by the simplest of things. True there are a million toys out there and video games and TV, but children ( at least my three) are completely content with tons of fresh air and their own ideas to devise entertainment. This afternoon we hung around the yard until dinner. . . this is a list of the activities I observed them doing:
- Fill a bucket with shells and water
- Fill a bucket with mud and water- dump, refill, poke the mud with a stick
- Find rocks and "build" various things
- Weave sticks together with twine to make a door for a fort
- Cut branches from fort area
- Dig in the dirt
- Fill the wagon with grass to feed the neighbor's horses
- Push a bucket of water in the tire swing
- Move sticks around the yard
These are such simple activities but they all had a purpose to them. There were so many thought processes and discusses going on during these activities, it was amazing. And I have to drag them inside for dinner. This is an everyday occurrence.
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