Eavesdropping

One of my favorite things to do as a mom is eavesdrop on my kids when they are talking together or spy on them when they have no clue I am there!  While I don't generally engage in those activities, with kids it is just delightful!!  Today, I was washing some grapes in the kitchen and cleaning up from lunch when I heard the kids talking in the bathroom.  While I first worried that they were causing trouble, I soon realized they were playing school!  It was so cute, so I thought I would give everyone else an eavesdrop into Faith and Shane's conversation! 

Faith began as the teacher and was going over the sounds letters make with her brother.  She would make a sound, and he would guess which letter she was sounding out.  If he didn't get the correct answer on the first try, she would say, "Good try Shane, but you are not right.  Please try again."  And sometimes Shane would throw in a "That's a good one, Faith!"  They ended with going over the alphabet together.

When it was Shane's turn, he claimed it was story time and told the story of the "Three Little Dinosaurs."  It was a bit of a ferocious take on the "Three Little Pigs", but still cute to hear him come up with ideas.  This whole school time lasted a good 30 minutes!  And while I could have accomplished quite a bit in those 30 minutes, I enjoyed each second sitting there listening in to my kids have a special moment together.