I’ve been doing more artsy or “fun” activities with Super Secret Liam Pants Super Hero throughout the day.  He really enjoys Moon Dough and so worth the money since I can’t stand Play Dough (Lesson learned with Ms. Tween Princess).  Today I was brave and thought….Finger Painting.  No brush just water and paint.  What damage could he really do?  He’ll listen to me and make a beautiful picture because when I say “OK, now paint” he’s supposed to, right?  Wrong.  He being 21 months has a mind of his own and found it much more fun to rub his hands in the water and then mix the paints to make new magical colors.

I noticed something right away…..I was getting more and more frustrated with him because he wasn’t doing what “I” wanted.  He however was having a blast and really enjoying himself as you can see from the picture.  At that point I just realized that he is 21 months old and that if he wants to just play in the paint and water, so be it!

He did make a picture as you can see and a amazingly great one at that.  I tried something different for his second picture.  Just let him be and see what happens.  He decided to paint his socks so I took impressions of them….Oh he then decided to run around the kitchen with his painted socks and I just laughed.  I gave up control and just remembered he is 21 months and he’s not 3 or 4 and his attention span isn’t too great.

My point to all of this is I have to remember as my kids grow up that they are just learning about whatever life event that is happening for them.  I need to have patience and know that in time they will understand how to do things.  Getting frustrated just takes the fun out of it for me because they can care less that I’m unhappy with how an event is happening.  If I remember this, everyone is happy.