For better or worse.
There is alot going on when the #dengrandloves
are in the house.
Moms, dads and Papa were taking turns
with the groups outside on the new Razor Shuffles.
Gigi is cleaning up a meal
and starting to prep for the next feeding.
On one particular day someone said,
"Where is Jonah?"
Then shortly after, "Where is Hadley?"
At the current ages, they kind of come and go in and out.
More challenging to get the head count
for current numbers and where they are stationed.
Hard to look at the shoe and coat count to tell who is where.
As I walked downstairs to investigate I heard giggling.
In the studio.
My studio.
The room that somehow they have not found
in the past ten years.
In the beginning, it just wasn't child safe with scissors,
too many tiny things, and too much to keep out of reach.
We simply redirected them and got out another activity.
Then Jonah got to spend some extra time with Gigi last year
with mom starting a part-time ministry position.
He learned about the punches and
the paper packs that were "OK" to use.
He loves the "use whatever you want from this cart" motto.
He knows where the glue sticks are kept.
He was the perfect teacher for cousin Hadley.
I peeked in.
Quite busy. Lots of chatter.
"You guys doing OK?"
"Yes, we are playing office."
"You need any help?"
"No, Gigi, we got this."
So, I closed the door and left for half an hour.
Returned on a cycle about every half hour.
They were there for almost 3 hours.
(this photo was taken the next day after the mail person
stuffed our mail in the front of the box)
Every few minutes we spotted Jonah dashing out
of the house and running to the mailbox in his socks.
"What are you doing, Jonah?"
"Getting the letters to the mailbox, what do you think?"
Save your odd envelopes and gather some
random pieces of paper in envelope packets.
You can even just cut up junk mail.
They will love it. It is the great recycle.
Then stock up on Dollar Store glue sticks.
Add some child friendly scissors
and a few paper punches.
You might get a block of time for some
new year's sorting and organizing.
