Education from a 7 year old

So, it's not profound....but I have thought about it about 10 times this weekend, so I thought it warranted a blog.

I was doing laundry (and if you would ever like to come help me with this mountainous task, feel free. :)). Like a good launderer, I always check pants pockets. One time I found a note from my hubby telling me how much he loved me, placed there right before I collected his clothes for the washer...how sweet :) Most recently, I was washing Corbin's clothes. He is not nearly as careful as my Casey is about cleaning out his pockets, so I wanted to make sure that no clothes (or washing machines) got ruined by a stray marker or ink pen.

From my ventures in the laundry room, I have surmised that you can learn a lot about people by what they keep in their pockets. Priorities, goals, even philosophies on life. These, you'll find, are much different in the lives of children than they are in the older folks' lives. In Corbin's pockets this particular go-round? Well.....

A die cut of a holly leaf: Every day is a holiday. Daily life should never be mundane; the day doesn't have to have a national holiday attached to it to be special; rather, celebrations are in the eye of the beholder. Find a reason to make the day special.

A rubber ball: Never be too busy or too old to play. There is a time and a place, of course, but in practically every situation there is an occasion to revert back to younger years. Make a game of household chores. Make a scavenger hunt out of filing. Create a fun lab in the kitchen while making brownies. Dogpile your husband with the kiddos while you're getting ready to leave (yes, we did....and we learned that from now on, all dogpiles will happen in the middle of the bed so as not to have small children rolling off of said pile onto the floor...)

Four slips of perfume/cologne samplers from Kohl's: Always smell good. That seems pretty simple, but it escapes people at times. Good hygiene is just good practice. And it's not bad on the ladies, either (we walked in to Eric and Marie's the other night and Marie and Ashley both commented on how good my Casey smelled....and he does. Like 99.8% of the time. Yummy.) :)

A white ninja figurine: Always be ready to fight for what is important...or go incognito as necessary. :)