Busy Busy
How Can One Kid Be So Busy?
Yesterday, on the way to school, Little Bean looked like she was heading off on a cross-country expedition. There’s a lot of forces aligning for her this month - a lot of hobbies and activities - that require, well, stuff.
One of her teachers asked her if she was backpacking across Europe.
It was school violin practice. It was tubing day on a nearby sledding hill. She had play practice right after school. She brought her basketball for the playground. There were tchotchkes to show some friends, including a new set of craft masks. Add all her regular day stuff and lunch, and the kid could hardly walk!
It took us two trips to the car to pack it all in.
Plus there’s infrastructure planning for the whole month, rides, and drop offs and pick ups, coordinating work - forms to sign. And homework! I’m certain many of you have lived through this already.
But all I could think of was, how the heck does somebody with more than one kid do this. And three or four kids? Good heavens!
Whenever I talk about how busy Little Bean is to my sister - who raised two energetic sports boys - she just chuckles at me.
I suspect the craziness of the last few weeks may have something to do with Little Bean’s recent desire to just stay home when she can and do crafting. In a couple cases she even choose staying home at her crafting table to going out to play with friends- an unimaginable decision!
But after seeing her decked out like a long distance hiker this morning, I get it.
We should all look for ways to spend more time just sitting at home at the equivalent of our crafting table. Family nearby. Dog at her feet. Headphones on. Heat up. We’re lucky to have such options and she’s starting to see that.
What’s your crafting table?
My crafting table is my kitchen table. I have a diamond painting project laid out, and I usually spend a half hour or so there before bed. I find it calming at the end of the day.
Pyrography at a work table or bead embroidery watching documentaries.