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Children can make any trip an adventure– if you can see them for the blessings that they are instead of the trouble that they give you.  One of the neatest things that I’ve seen with my kids is how that any twig can be a sword, swinging for action, any flower can be something that mom would love to have, and any puddle was made for them to either jump in or throw rocks in.

What’s amazing is that they see the detail that we tend to overlook because of the way we operate.  We tend to see the big pictures, the things that loom in the distance.  Our children tend to want to see the very next thing to happen.  They do not take for granted any minute (as seen in how they protest going to bed even though you promise that they’ll have time to play with the new toy tomorrow).

One of the characteristics that I find most interesting is how they can find something to play with regardless of whether it’s the best, shiniest, newest, etc.  Take, for instance, what we picked up from the Disney store this week:

My oldest two have a fascination with pirates.  We had a college group come through our church and they went to do their demonstration to the junior church class, but were not quite prepared to find that our class was composed of 3-6 year olds.  In any case, when these college kids asked my kids what they wanted to be, they replied “pirates” which the college kids thought was “pilots.”  So, for a few days they wanted to be “pilots.”  But that didn’t last.

Anyway, with getting Peter Pan stuff, Patch the Pirate stuff, and the numerous swords we have around the house (I think it’s close to 4 sets?) it wasn’t long until it was everything pirate again.  This week, we went and got some treasure from the Disney store.  It was $4.50 a bag (small bag, crammed with as much you could get in it).  My boys, they came home and were fascinated not with the gold “coins”, but with the jewels or gems– though one of them calls them dimes for some strange reason.

In any case, they were happy with these plastic gems and secretly were plotting what they could buy with them– but that is kids.  They do not need anything fancy or elaborate to have fun thinking, dreaming and playing.  They see what’s going on today, and have faith that their life will be pretty much the same tomorrow.

For us as parents, we could learn a lot here about trusting our Heavenly Father to take care of us and to take joy in those things that we are provided with instead of always wanting to have more.

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