Not just childs play

How often do we, as adults, forget to play?

On Sunday, we had some friends over for lunch after church. I was the only one with kids. So the make up of the group was a 6 year old, an 8 year old and 6 adults ranging in age from 18 to 33.

It was fun seeing my kids get out their lego and Magnetix and watching the adults have a good play.

Marcus & Steph playing with Zac

This is a picture of the start of one of the Magnetix creations.

It was funny – a couple of the adults are engineers & scientists, so there was discussion of the correct structure for the Magnetix and other technical stuff the kids couldn’t possibly understand. The boys just cared that their pyramid would be strong, and then able to be destroyed!

It was a lot of fun, and a good reminder to us adults that play is not just for children, it’s for us too.

We Play

This entry was posted on Tuesday, May 18th, 2010 at 3:56 pm and is filed under Family, Kids & Faith, Parenting. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

9 Responses to “Not just childs play”

  1. Erin Says:
    May 18th, 2010 at 6:51 pm

    Exactly! i love being a teacher so I get to play all the time :) .

  2. Kelly Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 3:42 am

    How fun! It is amazing what happens if you take a minute to stop and play.

  3. Catherine Says:
    May 19th, 2010 at 7:48 pm

    So true – but I do find when I get into serious playing I forget to let my son do stuff too. So, maybe play with awareness!

  4. Christie - Childhood 101 Says:
    May 21st, 2010 at 10:40 pm

    I think we all need to remind ourselves to spend time each day playing, it makes us better people and better parents. Thanks for the reminder :)

  5. Pathfinder Mom Says:
    May 22nd, 2010 at 1:36 am

    Looks like a fun project. I often have to remind my hubby that one doesn’t have to be “right” about the way that they play. ;)

  6. Julie Says:
    May 23rd, 2010 at 8:51 pm

    That is one of the best things about being home with children – we get to play everyday! (Though sometimes I get into it/ enjoy it more than other days)

  7. katepickle Says:
    May 24th, 2010 at 10:10 am

    It’s always the best fun when the grown up kids join in and get carried away with the playing!

  8. Debi Says:
    May 25th, 2010 at 4:13 am

    I love playing with my kids, maybe because I’m such a kid at heart & I feel like they give me permission to act as silly as I want. :)

  9. Dionna @ Code Name: Mama Says:
    May 25th, 2010 at 4:39 am

    It is a good lesson for adults to sit back and let the kids do the leading in play too :) We can learn much more from kids than they can from us in this area!

Leave a Reply