Room and Bored

Room and Bored

Young boys have a lot of energy.

For the most part, at this age their regulators have little range beyond ON and OFF. Moderation and modulation skills are being learned, but for the most part their days consist of ZOOOOOOM………….and …………….ZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

In the interim, a lot of attention is required to ensure that all new tricks are observed-applauded, books read and puzzles, puzzled so that the children’s cry of “carpe diem” is not wasted. Then of course, there is chess, card games and “pool time”. Pool time offers an expansive aquatic stage for the perfection of a myriad of tricks and “skills” while honing a very important survival skill at the same time. Adults breathe a bit easier with each successive show and therefore clap just that much harder.

 Of course all the various activities require paraphernalia, and all that paraphernalia needs to be kept someplace. So the bottom line is, kids need lots of room ……………for their stuff. (Just like Grandpa)

 As we divest ourselves of accumulated stuff from our previous lives we seem to have reached a tipping point whereby another purge is required on our end to make room for some recently acquired “goodies” to ensure the expansion and support of the younger members of our village.

 It occurred to me earlier today as I looked in the storage unit that as long as they are not bored, I will not be bored either. While they are here they keep me hopping and when they return home,  I’ll just keep busy making more and more room for the “props”……