In this age of sanitized, soulless, florescent-lit big box toy stores, this is the kind of store I long for…In fact, I might even go as far as to say this store (and this is odd, I realize, as it is just a store after all) pretty much represents how I want my girlie’s childhoods to feel... all magic and whimsy and interesting discoveries.
images via remodelistaLately I’ve been thinking a lot about what my girls will remember when they look back on their younger years…
Will they think them magical? Filled with unusual, interesting, experiences? Will they think they had enough time to play, to let their imaginations run for hours at a time, uninterrupted by the necessary (in an adult’s world) tasks of life?
Or will they just remember that we seemed to be perpetually late… to everything?
Rushing and late.
Lynne recently posted a link to this excellent Time Magazine article about parenting, reiterating the (immense) importance of play in our kiddos over scheduled, over-anxiety ridden little lives. Reading it was a good reset for me…a reminder of how I want to parent + (equally important) what I want to avoid.
I’m thinking I’m going to dub 2010 the year of mellow parenting. I want to bring the magic back for my girls.
