Brief Note: Children, Creativity

I really miss playing with children while nannying or working in schools and camps. It just always feels so natural. With a child, you can be a dinosaur, and that is totally acceptable. Would you like to be a knight? An astronaut? How about a cat?

Why, of course that can be arranged! Here is your sword/space suit/tail.


Kids are so intelligent and they never really get the credit they deserve. They are so imaginative and real. When do we lose those abilities? When does creativity stop being innate and start being something to list under the skills section of your resumé?