Dani loves garbage. Seriously guys. "Real life creativity". This girl has vision.I was throwing away the empty cereal box and I hear...the echo in my mind every time I lift the lid..."Hey"...no, this isn't my mind, here she goes..."Can I have that?"
"Dani! It is Garbage! What the heck are you gonna do with a cereal box? Garbage I say!" My exasperation comes from countless garbage raids in Dani's room. Some have been yucky.
"Mom...open your eyes. Everyone has a purpose. It's my top hat." As she snatched it from my hands, saving it from the depths of rotten apple cores, she places it ever so British-like on her head, takes a bow, and dances. With a top hat.
I guess I should encourage this kind of creativity. Save the garbage. Make a special "Dani's Garbage" box. See where she goes with it.
"Hold still. Let me take your picture. Good. Creativity accomplished. Now throw that away please."
"Shucks."
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Seriously, my Anna loves garbage too!! I'm worried that she has emotional issues because I have threatened to throw away all the toys that she doesn't clean up. She is a regular garbage monitor... they are either going to be famous artists someday or on Dr. Phil with a trash disorder.
Have fun living the dream!!
Oh the days when you buy your child an awesome Christmas gift only to have the box played with more than the gift... I am glad she is creative and has a knack for re-purposing things. Isn't there an old saying: 'One man's garbage is another man's treasure'?
toodles, Sheila
My Cally used to make potatos into babies. She'd cradle it and wrap it in a blankie and then I'd find it all moldy a month later behind her bed. Ewwww...
As the saying goes - One mans garbage is another mans treasure---hmmmm.
My daughter collects garbage too...until now, I thought I was the only one conducting garbage raids in childrens bedrooms.I feel so much better now.
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