I am always amazed by how entertained Scarlett is with the most mundane or unexpected things. She usually finds joy playing with most of the household items that I buy. For example, she loves to use her box of diapers as a chair, or drag a paper shopping bag around the house. A couple of months ago, I had bought a large box of diaper wipes from Costco and placed it next to her dresser. She must have spent 45 minutes pulling out each individual packet of diaper wipes, moving them individually into the hallway, and subsequently, the kitchen, where Brian was cooking.
Last Friday, she was home all day with me and was inseparable. For the life of me, I could not get her to play with her toys by herself. The minute I left her side, she started to whine, which made making dinner a bit difficult. After dinner, Scarlett decided to play with the 12-pack of toilet paper that I had bought from Safeway earlier that day. She sat on it, climbed on top of it, pushed it from the living room to her bedroom, and then found the round orange "Thank You" sticker on it that the Safeway checker had placed to indicate it was paid for. She managed to entertain herself for a whole 20 minutes, putting the sticker on her Pooh Bear, Eeyore, herself, and anywhere else the sticker sticks. If I had only known, I would have given her that sticker earlier and would have been able to make dinner peacefully. It's so true that sometimes, the best toys are the free ones.
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