Yesterday Lizzie competed in the Crossroads Feis (pronounced “fesh” or “fetch” if you are Grant) and earned her first first place trophy. She was the first dancer in the first dance of the day. It was a delight to watch her dance as usual. I am always so proud of her attitude. She isn’t overly competitive and simply loves dancing. And, as long as she gets a couple of medals, which she usually does, she doesn’t care what place she takes. And yes, for this picture she was in socks! She was in the process of changing from her ghillies (shoes on girl on the right) to her hard shoes (girl on the left) when she was called up to get her prize. Even shoeless, she looks the part of a winner!
Today I decided I ought to forgo my typical Sunday nap and play a game with the children. I made the mistake of starting Monopoly with them. All these wonderful memories of playing with Lex came flooding back. We would play for days (literally) and would write I.O.U’s to each other, make our own money, cheat, hide money, put thousands into the free parking jackpot…we even made our own Monopoly board with different names for the properties. The mistake in playing this game is that I can’t just play a timed game of say, one hour…no, I need to play Monopoly to the death! Finally at 10pm my poor children were having to mortgage their properties to me in order to pay me for landing on my squares. Lizzie sold out first and to remind herself that she is a winner despite the outcome of the game she left the room and came back clutching her trophy.
It is amazing to me how grateful they are when I invest a little time playing with them! I can spend five hours in a day driving them places, and sitting through lessons and don’t get as much gratitude as if I spent 10 minutes tickling/wrestling with them or playing tag, or a board game. I’ll have to remember that next Sunday when I am just aching for that nap! Perhaps that is why I played for four hours (plus we went on a walk to the park)… now I can have four Sundays worth of naps without feeling guilty!
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