Theo often goes to Beth's house when I have to work, and he loves it there. He disappears into the herd of cousins and bounces off of Jackson and gets bathed regularly. I think there's a sense of freedom that comes from being supervised by the pack instead of having one mom looking just at you all day long. After we come back from a visit he will ask me every day if we can go to "Beth's house".
Today he was campaigning to go there as usual and I asked him what he liked about it. After listing off all of the people he likes, he said:
"Beth's house- too many kids, not too many mommies, right?"
"a sense of freedom that comes from being supervised by the pack" - uh, we used to call it "lord of the flies-ing it" but i like your idea better. what a lovely way of putting it. yes. yes, that's what it is. :)
ReplyDeleteLook, we all know he's running with the wolves at your house; I just didn't want to seem like I was complaining.
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