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Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Paused

Cousins
Two little girls were playing.
Had been for most of the day.
Their electronics – Ipads, television programs, movies – were lying forgotten.
They had spread pillows across the living room floor and played ‘stay-out-of-the-lava’. 
Arranged the dozens of little ponies into regimental order and enacted several scenarios. 
Dressed in pirate togs and created suitable situations. 
With appropriate pirate-y talk. 
Built a fortress and other grand structures out of Lego and then destroyed them – several times. Ransacked the toybox for forgotten treasures and pressed them back into service. 
Climbed Mount Sofa. 
Read books. 
Sang. 
Had a dance party.
And trekked to the kitchen numerous times for ongoing nutritious sustenance. (Those little engines needed a lot of refuelling with such a busy schedule.)
It had been a full day.
And it wasn’t over yet.
Engaged in yet another grand and complex enactment, they charged through the living room.
Then, one of them stopped and announced – loudly – “I have to go potty!”
She turned toward the hallway. But before she left, she looked back at her cousin. “Pause the game, okay? I’ll be right back!”
Her cousin obligingly stopped where she was and simply stood there.
A few minutes later, needs met, play resumed.
Remember when I mentioned they had left their electronics behind while they played?
Well, some aspects simply cross over . . .

5 comments:

  1. And what a sweet crossover it was. I know you're enjoying those grandchildren as much as I love hearing about them.

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  2. So funny! Did she hit an imaginary "play" button when she came back?

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  3. Big smiles. Particularly at them leaving the electronics alone for much of the day.

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  4. Awww, they certainly have learned what "pause" means in that sense. Whether they will do it on command most of the time, well, that's something else altogether.

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  5. OMGosh this was hilariously funny! a sign of the times.

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