I took the kids to the park today as I felt I needed to do something a little out of the ordinary for them and give the DVD babysitter a break.
It was a short walk to the park; maybe 5 minutes, and the kids were excited to go there. To any adult, it's just a park - a bit of play equipment and a seat or two, but it's so much more to my boys. They leapt upon the equipment with great gusto, and I filled their buckets that were hooked up to a pulley. They happily played for 45 minutes and it could have been longer had I not curtailed the excursion. Not once did they want to watch TV or play their computer.
I feel sometimes that I just don't appreciate what else the world has to offer sometimes that is not indoors or powered by electricity.
