Sometimes I bemoan the fact that we have not been able to afford to purchase any play equipment for the children. \u00a0Although for years we’ve had a trampoline, they do deteriorate in the summer heat here. \u00a0Ours is now gone, replaced by a clothes line — which has helped our energy consumption, but is not quite as much fun! And so, whenever we happen to meander through Lowes or some other big store and I see the swing sets and play forts on display, I nearly succumb to the feeling that I’m not quite providing the proper standard of outdoor entertainment\u00a0for my children.<\/p>\n
That is, until I take note of just how much fun they manage to have climbing on absolutely whatever they can find, be it setting up an obstacle course in my living room with step stools and the couches (oh, have they ever seen the tumbling, leaping, scaling and bouncing in the last few weeks) or this humble yard swing under\u00a0the shady palm and acacia trees in front of our house. Nothing reminds me that things<\/em> <\/strong>do not bring happiness like watching the sheer joie de vivre<\/em> of these toddlers simply doing what God made them to do.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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