Without supervision

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Here’s what the kids do when they’re not being closely supervised.

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Giant mudpools in the sandbox?! I don’t recall authorizing the use of the hose. Um, Kevin? You? No?

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Here’s what the parents do when they’re not being closely supervised.

At least, it’s how we polished off the remains of a Saturday night without children (who were once again sleeping over at Grandma’s … we could get used to this). Except it occurs to me that we shouldn’t get too used to it. I am not my discplined self without the children around. In fact, it got me wondering whether the children have made me who I am. I think they stake some major claim.

Yes, it’s fun to play without supervision. But a little oversight may not be an altogether bad thing.

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2 Comments

  1. Flying Squirrel

    I know this isn’t the point of this post, but those stumps ROCK MY WORLD! May I ask, did you haul them in from somewhere else or were they growing there?

    Mary (mama of four boys—we have a wild back yard, too!)

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  2. Carrie Snyder

    Thanks, Mary!

    We cut down a couple of trees last summer and we don’t have a woodstove — the tree-stump playground was my husband’s idea. And then we painted them too. They’re dug really deep into the ground (they’re actually quite long pieces of wood).

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