You are Never to Old to Learn

I think one of the worst things about becoming an adult is losing the ability to realize what is fun. There are so many opportunities out there that we just let slip by unknowingly either because we have forgotten it was fun or society tells us it isn't. Thankfully though we have children that sometimes know a lot more than we do.

Last Sunday we took the kids and the dogs for a walk and as we turned for home the skies darkened and it looked like rain. Raif and I instinctively picked up the pace and ushered everyone back home before the heavens opened up. As I was silently lamenting the rain and wondering what I was going to do with the kids all afternoon cooped up in the house I asked myself why they really needed to be inside. It was 85 degrees outside - had it been a sunny day we would have been at the pool. Why did it matter? As adults we hate the rain because it ruins hair and makes your clothes sticky. As kids, the rain is magical and a whole hell of a lot of fun. So I threw caution into the wind and took the kids outside to play in the storm (no Grandma and Nini there wasn't any lightening). We rode bikes and scooters and Quinn and I played ballerina and danced. We drank the rain and laughed and splashed and chased each other all over creation. I haven't had that much fun with the kids in awhile. Yes, my hair was a mess and my clothes were pasted to me and surprisingly I couldn't have cared less.