If you have visited here before, you can probably see that I have changed the name of the blog again. I started blogging at 4URuthie to tell the story of our journey to adopt our 1st daughter. I changed it to Mountains for Maggie when we were praying for God to move mountains on behalf of our 2nd daughter. Well now it is no longer just Ruthie’s or Maggie’s stories. It is now our family's story, and the stories of those we share life with, as we Conquer Mountains together. Both ConqueringMountains.net and 4URuthie.blogspot will lead here.

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I am a pastor's wife, mother of 4 kids (2 adopted and 3 with special needs), physical therapist, and photography junky. This is where it all comes together for me. Feel free to join along as I process life out loud.

Saturday, April 17, 2010

A D.E.A.P Day

There are a lot of things that I don't do well as a mother. One of the biggies is that I have a super hard time putting down MY "projects" to just play with my kids. Lots of days I self justify that if I am in the same room as them, it is alright that I am scrapbooking, cleaning, etc. It is so hard for me to pick up a Wii remote or leggo and block out my "to do" list. So there is the confession.
Here is the resolution.

Jack has these days at school called D.E.A.R (drop everything and read) days. I think that is a really cute acronym so I decided to change it up a bit and have D.E.A.P hours (sorry a whole day is just not realistic yet). D.E.A.P= Drop Everything And Play! Now the business woman in me can see t-shirts and bumper stickers, but that will have to be someone else's project because it is time to D.E.A.P! :)


We had a D.E.A.P moment a few days ago when I spontaneously blew up the sprinkler and let the kids get after it in their clothes. Of course my rule follower, Jack, managed to sneak inside and change into his swimsuit.

Happy D.E.A.Ping






4 comments:

Hunan Mommy said...

I think about this all the time as I am playing Mario Cart with our son after Sidney goes to bed and have ten thousand other things to do! Great photos!

Cara

Melissa said...

I love it! D.E.A.P. So important and it means so much to our kids! The best bonding times for us have been during play times. Thanks for sharing!

Kim said...

I share your "struggle". I am a do-er, not a play-er. (I'm sure my kids will mention that to their therapists some day! Ha ha!) Thanks once again for being transparent, for making a change in your behavior and for challenging me to do the same.

Jenn said...

Good for you!! Love the pictures!! So much fun!

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