Having fun shouldn't be hard

Gooly is spunky. He wakes with a zesty, "What should we do next?"

When the sun is burning my derriere and the early birds have collected their now-dead worms, it's kinda cute. Otherwise, Mahmee mutters, "We should go back to sleep next.." sarcastically albeit silently.

And so Gooly wakes and gets busy. He fingerpaints, footpaints, brushpaints.

He cooks, cleans and dirties.

He plays the American football, soccer, golf, volleyball.

He asks to visit the park, twice a day.

Basically he does what he does all in the name of fun. When you are 3, having fun is a serious business. And you better be really good at it since it's what you do 24/7. (Don't ask me how good I am as a stay home mom since I am one 24/7. That would be going off the tangent.)

I am a firm believer that a parent is the best toy a child could have. All you need is to get your creativity juice flowing. We have made binoculars using paper cups, telescopes with toilet rolls and whatnots with other recycled materials. And today we discovered a new activity which will guarantee squeals of laughter - plastic-kite flying.

Tie a string to the handles of a plastic bag and fly away, my boy. I can still hear his laughter and smell his sweet sweat post running.

Having fun shouldn't be hard. Being happy couldn't be easier. Maybe we should all go 'fly kite' once in a while and don't get offended when one has the courtesy to extend such invitation to us.

Note: Activity carried out under strict supervision. Bag and string have been discarded to avoid risks of strangulation and suffocation.