Fulfilling my commitment to write two blogs per month – here is my second blog post in February. I had a couple of ideas on my mind (rather ‘serious’ ones that require a longer blog), but I decided to keep it short and write it on something rather unexpected.

Today my son had pancake races at his nursery. Parents were welcome to join as well. I went with him wondering how the event will go. It was great fun and a good opportunity to meet other parents and speak more to the nursery teachers. The little ones had little pans (ping pong bats were the pans) and on top of them was a pancake made from playdough. In the first race they had to run across the community hall and in their second race also run and flip the pancakes. They were divided into small groups according to age. When their races were finished it was the turn of the mums and dads. We all had to wear an apron and a hat, and we ended up laughing a lot just by looking at each other. Clearly all the parents had fun and it provided an excellent opportunity to be in the present moment.

It made me think how much space do we give to fun things in our lives? Especially later when we are older. Your week can be full of responsibilities and commitments; we have established work routines and family routines. But it’s nice to do something that is fun and a bit unexpected and there is no anticipation of a particular result. Sometimes it’s just nice to do something for fun only.

Is there anything that you could do this weekend that would bring you fun and joy?