Both of my children’s bedrooms have gotten out of control. I’m pretty sure a herd of wild animals ran through both of their rooms tearing clothes out of drawers, and toys out of containers as they went. I could no longer remember what their floors looked like so today I started operation Kid’d Room Overhaul. Christian’s room was first.
I decided that I should purge some of the hundreds of toys cluttering the floor. As I picked through and sorted toys I found that getting rid of Christian’s old toys was harder than I thought. Each little rattle or stuffed animal came with a picture in my head of a tiny little guy. I was surprised how much this little project affected me. I really had to remind myself that Christian is a big boy and he would no longer be playing with these baby toys. In the end I toughened up and managed to get rid of a lot of stuff.
Later I was in the living room with Tes and Christian watching them play with a miniature toy train set. Christian was sitting exceptionally well and he and Tes were making choo-choo noises and pushing the trains around the floor. Recently Christian has made a leap to big-boy play and I sometimes find myself still expecting him to behave more like a baby. His physical skills have finally allowed him to move past rattles and teethers and now he plays with trucks and action figures. It’s a funny feeling to want to hold on to that baby stage when at the same moment I want him to be such a big boy. As silly as I felt about getting sentimental over his old toys, watching him play like any other two year old boy was wonderfully beautiful.
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