I realize that most kids like to be spun 'round and 'round, my youngest particularly prefers his spinning to be done upside down. He also like anything that spins. Yesterday it was two old style wooden tops, with the pull string that must be wound around it each time. Though he has figured out how the whole thing works, he has not quite developed the coordination to put it all together nor the speed and strength to "rip" the cord in a way that will actually cause the top to spin. So of course, he brings all the parts to me and says; "Unh!" (translation: Put this all together and make it work...NOW!). The two tops we have work actually quite well, except for the fact that spinning tops are just too cool to leave spinning and apparently must be touched in full spin. Cute at first, but it really wears out after the first half-hour!
Today it was his other favorite spinning device...the Salad Spinner. My wife has kindly left it in a cabinet easily accessible to his little hands. So whenever he gets bord, out it comes. He can't really spin it himself, but he loves it still. He doesn't want you to touch it while he is "spinning" it, not even to hold the lid on or help him get it going. I am not sure what is so exciting about it, especially considering it has a solid lid so the only thing you see spin is the little turn knobby on the top, but he loves it. Hours of free entertainment ... OK, at least several minutes!
I Guess It's Time for a Haircut...
I was at a wedding Sunday and making small talk with the conference Youth director. After politely asking how things were going for me, he said; "Wow, 2 boys and a girl, huh?" If only he had seen the pretty pink purse that my "little girl" insisted on carrying--properly placed on his shoulder--to pick-up his big brothers from school yesterday, yes he proudly carried it though the whole school!
* again, my deepest apologies for having "mis-packed" the camera battery charger causing these post to be text-only!
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