Playtime and Silliness

I love playtime and silliness in our home. I really like structure during the day, which sometimes doesn't allow for tons of good old giggles and nonsensical play-unless I structure it in, that is. :) In any case, I am working hard to let the kids just be kids more frequently, and I caught a few of those moments on film this week.

As back up for this first moment of pure silliness, Jared has a tendancy to use odd utensils if all the normal utensils are dirty. He's been known to use tablespoons, spatulas, carving knives....totally not kidding either-picture eating a bowl of cereal with a ladle. In Jared's defense, he is wonderful at taking over for me when he gets home and getting the kids dinner so I can relax. Tonite's dinner consisted of PB sandwhiches, corn and raisins. No clean spoons though, so Jared just told them to eat with their fingers (true daddy rhetoric!). A few minutes later, he noticed Karianna had gotten "spoons" out for herself and JD-"spoons" meaning a measuring cups! Talk about taking a page out of her Dad's book! She was nice and gave JD the 1/2 cup and herself the 1/4 cup. So sweet.

Jordan still uses his bumbo at 17 months old. Truth be told, Karianna and JD will still clambor in this thing when they are typing on the computer. I love that this is Jordan's favorite place to sit when he's playing in the toy bins. I don't necessarily like these toy bins where they are, but when I found Jordan sitting in his bumbo playing like this, I decided there was no way I could move anything from that corner!

And this is the ultimate moment of playtime! Jared was busy playing a tickle game with Karianna and JD decided to join in by climing on Jared's back and balancing as precariously as possible-in a diaper no less! The second picture is my favorite-I love how it is leveled with Karianna on the bottom, Jared in the middle, and JD as the crowning glory. Most of all, I love seeing Jared so interactive in play with the kids. They LOVE playing with him!