Sunday afternoon Craig and I were in the office and the house sounded so peaceful! I called to Clayton and asked what he and Morgan were doing.
"Just playing battleship." I thought to myself, Wow - we've finally arrived at the stage where the kids will pull out a board game and play quietly together! How nice!
Shortly after, Clayton came into the office and presented an empty Spaghettios can: "Can we use this?"
"What do you want that for?"
"For battleship," he replied.
My curiosity was piqued; I followed him into the family room - no board game anywhere. He continued walking to the half bathroom where he and Morgan had filled the sink with water, made boats out of cans, cardboard and other materials, drew men that they had cut out and taped to their boats, and were trying to see who could sink the other's boats first. It was the cutest battleship game I'd ever seen!
Maybe it did make a big watery mess and maybe my peaceful board game days still haven't come about, but they sure were having fun! Most importantly they were laughing and working together. Clayton was trying to make a stronger boat for Morgan out of the Spaghettios can so that her boat would stand a better chance. She is so lucky to have a brother who looks out for her like that! I hope they never change - that they always help each other stay afloat!
"Just playing battleship." I thought to myself, Wow - we've finally arrived at the stage where the kids will pull out a board game and play quietly together! How nice!
Shortly after, Clayton came into the office and presented an empty Spaghettios can: "Can we use this?"
"What do you want that for?"
"For battleship," he replied.
My curiosity was piqued; I followed him into the family room - no board game anywhere. He continued walking to the half bathroom where he and Morgan had filled the sink with water, made boats out of cans, cardboard and other materials, drew men that they had cut out and taped to their boats, and were trying to see who could sink the other's boats first. It was the cutest battleship game I'd ever seen!
Maybe it did make a big watery mess and maybe my peaceful board game days still haven't come about, but they sure were having fun! Most importantly they were laughing and working together. Clayton was trying to make a stronger boat for Morgan out of the Spaghettios can so that her boat would stand a better chance. She is so lucky to have a brother who looks out for her like that! I hope they never change - that they always help each other stay afloat!
5 comments:
That is so cute.
I love your kids! They are so cute!
That rules...kind of reminds me when we used to play Swiss Family Robinson in the basement on Sundays. I'm betting our mom and dad had also wished we were just playing a quiet boardgame.
That sounds like a lot more fun than the Battleship board game! Way to go, Clayton.
I love it! My kids would love to come over and play Spaghettios Battleship with yours!
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