Butcher Paper

Every home with small children should have a large roll of butcher paper. Here’s what we did today with a long piece of butcher paper, some markers and crayons, and leftover stickers from our yard sale.

After a while, Vincente found all sorts of things to trace – his alligator, a fire truck... me.

I recently made a commitment to play with my kids more. To just enjoy them. Childhood only lasts so long, and before I know it I won’t have anyone bugging me to come play dragons and dress up and read them books. Plus, I can learn a lot from my kids. And talk about stress relief! I’m learning how to just let go of everything and enjoy the moment, instead of stressing out about the laundry, or the dishes, or my scripture study (not that cleanliness and reading the scriptures are bad things – but everything has a time and a place, and if I want to be able to study the scriptures, I am going to have to sacrifice something other than my children’s playtime to have that time to study the scriptures. There are a lot more hours in the day, it seems, when we get rid of the useless stuff).

There will definitely be more days like today in our future. (and guess what? I still read my scriptures and got the laundry done and mopped the floor. Funny how that happens, eh?)