Comments on: “i’m still playing with that” http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/ where a mother tries to cultivate creativity and a sense of wonder in her kids—and does a whole lot of wondering herself in the process Mon, 21 May 2012 16:24:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tara Reese http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Tara Reese Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:44:29 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1081 i share in your struggle and i worry that i'm not being consistent in my attitude towards the messes- some days i look around at the piles and they make me happy and other days i have a bit of a psychedelic freakout about them. it's KNEX at our house, but same thing! i did read a beautiful and similar quote recently~ "reimagine the mess as a sign of a life well lived"~ and i wrote it down and taped it up in the broom closet. i don't think that being a homeschooler and a organizational freaky Virgo really mix, but i'm getting better! good morning, good mama! i share in your struggle and i worry that i’m not being consistent in my attitude towards the messes- some days i look around at the piles and they make me happy and other days i have a bit of a psychedelic freakout about them. it’s KNEX at our house, but same thing!
i did read a beautiful and similar quote recently~ “reimagine the mess as a sign of a life well lived”~ and i wrote it down and taped it up in the broom closet. i don’t think that being a homeschooler and a organizational freaky Virgo really mix, but i’m getting better!

good morning, good mama!

]]> By: patricia http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 patricia Wed, 02 Sep 2009 05:39:00 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1074 Nice to meet you, June! You're right about photography--I feel a little less guilty putting things away when I know I've captured them first. I look forward to exploring your blog too! Nice to meet you, June! You’re right about photography–I feel a little less guilty putting things away when I know I’ve captured them first.

I look forward to exploring your blog too!

]]> By: June http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1070 June Tue, 01 Sep 2009 14:37:12 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1070 Such a beautiful expression of living with creativity. It exemplifies why I love photography...I can capture that spark (sort of) before it does get swept away by the rush to create the next thing (or clean off the table for supper). Delighted to have found your blog... Such a beautiful expression of living with creativity. It exemplifies why I love photography…I can capture that spark (sort of) before it does get swept away by the rush to create the next thing (or clean off the table for supper).

Delighted to have found your blog…

]]> By: patricia http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1068 patricia Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:46:37 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1068 Wow: is cosmoses how you pluralize cosmos? Created cosmoses--I like that! (Except maybe not shoved in a box.) Wow: is cosmoses how you pluralize cosmos? Created cosmoses–I like that! (Except maybe not shoved in a box.)

]]> By: susan http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1067 susan Tue, 01 Sep 2009 03:00:26 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1067 I just love Mr. T's play. The zoobs on your writing chair are so whimsical. My kids and I have this problem, too. We are never ready to relinquish our play. The cleaner comes and shoves our play into boxes and baskets and our created cosmoses go on living their separate lives hidden in the deep chaos of our house. I just love Mr. T’s play. The zoobs on your writing chair are so whimsical. My kids and I have this problem, too. We are never ready to relinquish our play. The cleaner comes and shoves our play into boxes and baskets and our created cosmoses go on living their separate lives hidden in the deep chaos of our house.

]]> By: patricia http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 patricia Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:29:26 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1066 Oh my gosh, I love it. Definitely a new mantra! (And on <i>that</i> note, I'm getting off this computer in five minutes. Really!) Oh my gosh, I love it. Definitely a new mantra!

(And on that note, I’m getting off this computer in five minutes. Really!)

]]> By: Barrie http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1065 Barrie Mon, 31 Aug 2009 05:23:02 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1065 How about, "A full browser history is a sign of a misspent life"? And on that note, I'm off to bed! How about, “A full browser history is a sign of a misspent life”? And on that note, I’m off to bed!

]]> By: patricia http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 patricia Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:57:50 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1064 I love that your big boys still leave some creative messes around. Today Mr. T played for a good half hour with peanut shells. Yep, he's a nut! I love that your big boys still leave some creative messes around.

Today Mr. T played for a good half hour with peanut shells. Yep, he’s a nut!

]]> By: patricia http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1063 patricia Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:54:16 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1063 That's funny about the toothbrushes. My kids don't play with toothbrushes, but for years all three of them have saved every single old toothbrush in a bathroom drawer. They have quite a collection there now, including baby ones with chimed handles. It's actually a fun, odd little collection. And maybe you have another mantra for me: Excessive computer use is a sign of a misspent life. Although it doesn't roll off the tongue as smoothly as the other one... That’s funny about the toothbrushes. My kids don’t play with toothbrushes, but for years all three of them have saved every single old toothbrush in a bathroom drawer. They have quite a collection there now, including baby ones with chimed handles. It’s actually a fun, odd little collection.

And maybe you have another mantra for me: Excessive computer use is a sign of a misspent life. Although it doesn’t roll off the tongue as smoothly as the other one…

]]> By: patricia http://patriciazaballos.com/2009/08/27/im-still-playing-with-that/comment-page-1/#comment-1062 patricia Mon, 31 Aug 2009 04:45:50 +0000 http://patriciazaballos.com/?p=1329#comment-1062 Yes, and I'm here to tell you that a day will come when she decides to put her American Girl doll and fairy things away for good. That day broke my heart a little. Then again, maybe Cassia will just keep playing like her mama! Yes, and I’m here to tell you that a day will come when she decides to put her American Girl doll and fairy things away for good. That day broke my heart a little.

Then again, maybe Cassia will just keep playing like her mama!

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