Plastic Box of Wonders
I bought a large plastic box at SM Mall’s Ace Hardware so the kids will have a single container for all their toys instead of just putting them away in various nooks and crannies from cabinet shelves to under the bed.
I didn’t realize that the kids would find a different purpose for it when they spilled all the toys to empty the box and they climbed inside to use it as a fort during playtime. When bath time came Audrick (3 years old) also dragged the box to the bathroom as a makeshift bathtub as it has more depth in holding water while playing with his set of rubber duckies.
It brought to mind a line that I overheard when the kids were watching an episode from one of their favorite cartoon characters, Spongebob Squarepants, who said:
“What’s the need for television when you have a lot of imagination?”
Kids, even though they’re just kids, also have something to teach the so-called adults if we just keep an open mind to new learning experiences. We forget as we grow older that some things do serve more than one purpose other than the one we envisioned and that we need to see things and life through the eyes of a child every now and then.
