Simplicity

We spent last weekend with Mike's sister, Christy, in Birmingham.  While I plan to do an entire post on all the fun things we did there, right now I want to focus on Seth and his wonderful ability to find fun in the simple.

For many years now Seth has snubbed most toys (unless they are the Wii or the DS) but preferred to entertain himself with things like stuffed animals, his hands or, in the latest case, an acorn.  We love that he uses his imagination to give life to inanimate objects.

Ever heard of Pee-lo and Pie-lo?  Didn't think so.  Seth made them up...and they are his hands.  Pee-lo is the right, Pie-lo is the left.  From age 3-5 or so they acted like spiders, they climbed up head mountains, they crawled across floors and tables, and they got blamed for things.  If a glass of milk was spilled and Seth was scolded the response would undoubtedly be, "It wasn't me, it was Pee-lo and Pie-lo".  Mike and I spent countless minutes and hours trying to pound in the fact calmly explain that if Pee-lo and Pie-lo did it then SETH did it.  Have I ever mentioned that Seth is a little on the stubborn side?  Wonder where he got that from?!


While Pee-lo and Pie-lo have been in hiding for a couple of years, they seem to have made a recent come-back.  It is fun to relive old times and watch our kids do the same!

So, the acorn.  While visiting Christy we spent a lot of time outside walking around.  The kids collected many acorns but none so special as "Nutty".  Seth found Nutty on Saturday morning and spent the rest of the day, as well as all day on Sunday, playing various games with his new-found friend.  He spun Nutty around in a frisbee, rolled him along the floor, fished him out from under the couch more times than we can count, made up stories about Nutty, carried him in his pocket and gathered more acorns just so that Nutty would have friends.  And, after we got home, Seth drew a face on the beloved acorn!

I absolutely adore the little kid that still exists in our almost 8 year old!!  I know it won't be much longer before imagination games are pushed aside and the seriousness of "big kid stuff" takes over.  *sigh*  For now we are thoroughly enjoying Seth's simple creativity and nuttiness!