Lately at our house, three’s a crowd. Which is a problem since I have three children. Josh and Max will wrestle, Anna and Max will play pretend, but it’s been awhile since all three of them played together.
Last Saturday, Justin and I put Max down for a nap, put ourselves down for a nap and sent the older two upstairs to play… together… no friends over for a minute. They both read books separately. I’m not against reading at all. Books are among the top 5 things that bring me joy in life, so I couldn’t really say anything about their choice in activities. But my heart hurt a little that their days of playing pretend seemed to be gone.
***They used to play perfectly all the time. Like the time Josh tied Anna up with rope (she added the wet wipes herself) and she couldn’t get out***Continue Reading