Twister

The younger kids and I spent some time just playing games today. The snow has finally melted but it was still rainy, wet and cold outside and I'm not yet feeling up to par. We pulled out Twister which is one of the new games Santa gave the kids for Christmas. The only one who was tall enough to play it the correct way was Philip and he would have had a hard time had I not rigged the spinner to land on colors he could reach. Addie and Carter had fun just jumping back and forth from color to color. Pretty soon Philip was stretched, twisted, turned, knotted and half flipped upside down, Addie who admires her big brotheeer to no end, thought he looked way too cool, so she copied his upside down stance to the best of her abilities. Carter continued to just jump back and forth from color spot to color spot. I was glad to see them each having fun in their own way. It amazes me to see the three yournger ones getting along so well, encouraging each other and admiring each other's creativity. I can learn a lot from them when I take the time to stop and observe them. Like the way Carter didn't sit out of the game just because he was too small to play, he made up his own rules and danced to his own beat as it would be. He wasn't bothered by the fact that he wasn't following the rules or that he wasn't fitting in with the others. He just enjoyed the game the best he could.