Yesterday was the first day this year that I did not make my way into blogging. Part of it was that it was yet another snow day for my kids and we were all out several times yesterday shoveling away. We have a fairly long driveway and with this type of snow and the amount we received, it took us a while to get things cleaned up! The snow was heavy and icy but the kids still had a good time playing while we shoveled.
The other part was allowing myself to just BE in the moments of the day. At one point, I laid down and took a little nap, just because. Being in the moment was nice. My daughter and I made a sand art project, which came out really cool. I did the experiment that is posted in my blog with both the kids and they were just as amazed as I was with it. Although, it was rather short lived because we only had black food coloring verses the rainbow of colors used in the demonstration. I watched an episode of Brad Meltzer's Decoded with my son. We both love history and if you have seen this show, you will know it is excellent and asks questions of what we believe to be truth within American history. More than anything, BEing in the moment yesterday was the theme. Spending time with my family was exactly where my time needed to be.
Needless to say, I am working on being childlike this week but I am also honestly finding that my serious side likes to reign!! When I am in the moment of being serious, I remind myself of the challenge but have found it difficult to be completely childlike. Things do become ingrained into us. How we should act, and behave. Although there were times yesterday that I tried to become childlike, I must admit that I did not completely let myself go. This challenge is actually harder than it seems. You would think it would be easy to be childlike and just let yourself go. What I am finding is that the part of me that is "grown-up" likes to remain in control which is making it difficult for me to connect with my child inside. With this, I am thinking of having more structured activities incorporated into the next few days which I hope will allow for me to let my inner child come out and play!
How are you doing with this week's challenge?
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