Just when you think you've got them figured out!

We had a group of good friends over for bible study followed up by a Super Bowl party this past Sunday.  We had a great time.  We actually cleaned the house before they came over.  That was a good time.  My wife and I are thinking we should invite more friends over because we'll keep the house cleaner.  Something to think about...

Anyway, there was going to be a wide range of kids from our 15 year old Jeff on down to a couple of toddler/crawlers.  Well, my thoughtful wife had it all planned out.  She had one of the boys rooms set up for the older portion of children with legos and games with smaller pieces.  She had one room set up for any age kids to watch some classic DVDS - gotta like Disney - and finally our bedroom was the quiet room for the little ones to nap in, if necessary.

My wife even went as far as to dig out some of the classic baby toys for the little ones.  Even though our youngest - Sam - is 11 she still has them for company even though we don't have too much company.  Hmmm...

It turns out the baby toys were a hit.  Especially the one with the different size rings and they are also different colors.  So simple yet very effective in keeping the young ones busy.  Which is more than half the battle.

The event was a success.  At least we thought so and hopefully so did our guests.  Everyone packed up and we cleaned up Sunday night and went to bed.  Got the kids off to school Monday morning and went to work.  When my boys - remember 15 and 11 - came home guess what toy they decide to play with?

You guessed it.  The colored ring toy.  Granted they didn't play with it in the same way as the younger ones but it was definitely their toy of choice for afternoon.  They also played together with it without arguing.  They got creative and there was no screen time or wining over who did what and a lot of laughter.  It was marvelous!

Just when I thought the only thing that interested them had to have a screen or be plugged in in some way they proved me wrong.  I guess you never truly have them figured out!

Truly a reason to keep it simple and don't ever think you have all the answers.  Just know where to go to get them.

Thanks for reading.