Drinking the Hatorade....

Okay, so usually I would not even blink to devote a post to negative comments,

but,

my oldest was bullied last week, yep on the playground, and we have been talking

to him about sticking up for himself, so I am going to walk the talk.

Today I found some traffic coming from a site that I am not about to give

any attention to other than to say, women especially moms

need to stop drinking the hatorade, seriously.

Encourage and lift each other up and if someone does something

you aren't doing, instead of anger, envy, whatever, just try this

be happy for them,

novel idea right?

The comments were in regards to our playrooms, 

hey I can hang with sarcasm, 

but not only was it uncool, it was unsolicited.

I will continue to put out good in the world,

that's just me and spend time creating special spaces for my children,

it's what I do, and I know a lot of other moms do too,

and if it's not your thing, no big deal either.

You'll never see or hear me judge.

For the record though...

No my little boys do not have access to paint, markers, etc. that's all stored,

they can get at chalk and they use it appropriately for the most part..

If you come visit you'll see some marks on the wall, last time I checked it didn't kill anyone.

Actually a valuable lesson was learned.

Second, yes my oldest has a separate playroom upstairs because four of our boys 

share a room right now, eventually that will change.

If you had quadruplet younger brothers
 {no matter how much you love them as he does} 
you'd need some time and space to yourself too.

Third, thanks to lovely Chicago weather we spend A LOT of time indoors,

I have FIVE boys six and under to keep busy, you bet I am going to take a lot of time

figuring out how to best do that to meet all of our needs,

and to keep my little men learning and growing

and yes I put a lot of energy into it A LOT and 

a lot of time is spent teaching.

Fourth, my oldest is six and reads + comprehends as if he were a fourth grader, 

no not bragging, just a pure and simple fact, so he needs a space that challenges him.  

Finally, I do believe the time and effort put into children directly correlates to many things like attention span, creativity, love of learning, listening to instructions, etc. 

and no you don't need a fancy place to do that.  

So no, you don't need perfect playrooms {sorry, sarcasm}, 

just a positive attitude really, that's the best thing to pass along to your child

anytime, anywhere.

Thanks for listening,

Happy Friday,

{michelle}