the jellyball family blog

Sometimes as parents we have this bad tendency of comparing ourselves to each other or even to other parents. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how Luc and I are really different when it comes to the things that we like to do with the boys. I'm so grateful to have an active partner and see the boys picking up things from both of us.

Luc is great at inventing games, building elaborate ramps and forts, he's rough-and-tumble with them, and is great at doing boy stuff with them like going to the park and playing in the dirt. He's especially good at just letting them BE KIDS and explore their personalities.

Me? I'm the singing, dancing, goofball, arts-and-crafts person, let's pretend kind of person. I can't tell you how much I love that they're getting into colouring. In the past week, they've both really gotten into colouring books. On Saturday, we went out and got a fresh new stash of crayons and some more colouring books, and the boys did a LOT of colouring all weekend. There was more colouring than cars.

Caleb is starting to really "get" colouring and is learning how to colour inside the lines. I can't tell you how amazing it is to see your kids get into something you enjoy. I guess that's why so many parents aspire for their children to grow up to be just like them.