Well, it’s actually vacation time for the kids already. My son has been at home 24 hours a day seven days a week for two weeks already and you know what that means. It means I can hear Martha shout “Mommy!” or cry every hour, or I need to get off my desk to break their wrestling matches before one could hit their head or gets hurt. It means I hear, “Mommy, I’m bored” every thirty minutes and my son asking me what we will do next after every activity like eating lunch, taking a bath, etc. It drives me crazy. However, patience and discipline are two of the things I’ve been trying to pray (and work for) for this Lent.

So what do we do if we cannot go for a vacation right away? Create a scene and pretend play in the house . My kids love pretend and imaginative play. Aside from watching DVDs, it’s the play that would last the longest with the two of them being at peace with each other. There is a Fruit hammock that we try to make since they like doing Tarzan imaginative play and since they love bananas (and bananas are abundant here, cheap too), they eat right off the hammock and pretend they are Tarzan and Jane!

I’d like to get one though, for real this time:

That would make a great table centerpiece!

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