Puppet show!

Just to be clear. I am NOT good at stopping 'my' day to play with my kids. I know it is an essential part of being thier mom but it doesn't come natural to me. I feel like I have to accomplish something {in the eyes of the world} to make my days worth something. To give myself the excuse to stay home. So, things like puppet shows are becoming a more frequent thing around our house, but for me, it's not easy to let myself have this kind of fun.

My oldest daughter is kind of frightened by this particular puppet but loves the animal finger puppets her Aunt Meg gave her. We have had several variations of puppet show but the most successful so far was preformed behind our preschool table. I just tipped the table on it’s side, hid behind it with my pile of finger puppets and sang my own version of “brown bear brown bear what do you see” for each animal until we’d gone all the way through the pile. All three children were enthralled for at least 15-20 minutes. The oldest 2 (girls 3.5 and 2) learned the rhythm and began singing with me. We have a left over castle {box} from my son’s 1st birthday party that we’re recently done puppet shows in. My eldest actually did the main portion of the performance all on her own as her little sister and I sat in preschool sized chairs outside the window along with an assortment of ‘babies’ in chairs. Simple fun. Play is something I enjoy but have to remind myself to take part in among my days filled with diaper changes, meal prep, and running up and down the stairs swapping babes out for naps.

Does being a play-at-home mom come easy for you? Here's a fun resource I've found: Play at Home Mom!