We play with our food.....

My paternal grandmother died when I was young, but one memory I have is of her spreading a large sheet on the floor and bringing out the elbow macaroni for my sister and I to play with. We would scoop and pour, fill and dump, stir and mix to our hearts content. When the girls were big enough to know not to put the macaroni in their mouth, I went to WalMart, got a large rectangular container with a lid and 6lbs of elbow macaroni. Chloe and Emily are almost 4 and they still ask to play with macaroni. We scoop and dump, fill and pour, whisk and mix. I love the sound the macaroni makes, I love my children's laughter as they play and I'm glad my grandmother thought to bring out the macaroni.