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I'm sitting in my living room right now.  I have the luxury of a live baseball game happening in front of me. Mac is the pitcher and Tucker is up to bat. Of course I'm not crazy! The ball is a plastic, like the ones in a ball pit. The bat is none other than a drumstick! 

Many objects mimic the role of what should be the real things at our house. I've seen socks rolled into a ball,  shoes on hands turn you into a big bad wolf, pillows and blankets become forts, and the stairs become a slide. These are just a few of the ideas that my three year old can come up with.

Sometimes my patience is tried, but I try not to discourage any part of his imagination. I feel like, as adults, we often out grow our imaginations. No doubt that some days would be much more interesting and much less stressful if we did think outside the box.  Just imagine your lunch being spent playing a baseball game with rolled up socks and a drumstick . . . it should at least make you laugh to "imagine" it.

As I'm typing now, Tucker has his drumsticks in hand while all the couch pillows pose as his drum set! I've said before that children can teach us so much. We just have to use our imagination sometimes to see what we can learn from them.

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Contributor Bio: Tiffany Hampton grew up in the Huntsville community but she now calls the Logansport community her home. Tiffany is married to Mark Hampton and they have two sons, Tucker and Macauley. She's been a licensed cosmetologist for 12 years. Tiffany worked in the salon for nine years, until her son was born in 2008. The following year she put a beauty shop in her home. Now, Tiffany is a work-at-home-mommy and she loves it! Her life can still be a busy one. Says Tiffany, "In the midst of it all, if I can put a smile on someones face, learn something daily as well as teach someone daily, then life feels good."