A Tucker-Centered Afternoon

Last Monday Afternoon, I had a MAGNIFICENT day with Tucker. Truman took a super long nap after the busy weekend, and so I was able to just hang out with the Tucker-ster
In all of my Human Development Classes that I took FOREVER ago in college, we talked about having Child Centered Play. Where you let the child decide what to play, and just follow the childs’ lead.
I try to incorporate different types of play, but it is not often that I can take an entire afternoon to focus and follow Tucker, without having to stop and answer the phone, or make dinner, or just live life, but last Monday was a great day. It was a rare occasion and one that I want to remember. Hence the post.
I’m not sure exactly how it all happened, but Tuck got up from his quiet time, came up to the office, where I had just finished sewing some stuff, and had my sewing machine up, and he asked if he could sew something. I knew we would have sometime, so after following his lead, we ended up sewing a “Robot Blanket”. He chose out the material, and cut out the robots and even pinned them together. While I worked the sewing machine. (although he chose what stitches he wanted…)
If you have ever seen the robots that Tucker draws, these look exactly like them. It was fun to see his creativity flow, as he grabbed fabric from my scrap pile, and created these fun robots.
If I had known what we were going to be really making, (and the treasure that it has already become) I think I would have gotten better material, and spent a little bit more time sewing it together…but, I didn’t know. And truth be told, If I had known, and I had taken control of this situation by choosing out the fabric, and etc., it wouldn’t have been all about Tucker, and that is what made the afternoon wonderful. Tucker, and his creativity. Not the perfect blanket.