I remember a time when as a child i would enjoy past times like collecting leaves,rocks and flowers I would love looking for different shapes and colours which were exciting and try and find the largest ones and race with my sister to get the nice smooth rocks. Remember making daisy chains ,i stare longingly at the daisies now and feel so sad for them.Where are all the children picking flowers,riding bikes and skipping in the drive way,they are inside with their faces stuck to a tv or a nintendo. I will not buy my children any computer games or x-box or any of these as i will not have them turning to the tv for their imagination.They are really funny,adventurous kids and i want them to be out kicking balls ,climbing the odd tree and picking flowers. When my daughter was 1 she would love banging pots and plastic ware together..she did have some nice toys but she enjoyed the spoon banging noises she made herself and do you know how exciting a balloon is. I played with a balloon with all my children on the floor ,we had played for an hour before we realised it was time for lunch. That other pastime i miss is dress-up where we raided mums high heels and long "hippy" skirts and pranced around the loungeroom floor.My kids love this and recently when we visited some relatives the children got to play dress-ups with them.I love it when the children race home from school to show me pretty stones they have picked up along the way,it really makes me smile and pray they always enjoy small plaesures like these even at 32...like mum!!