Today’s make something prompt is this:

If you could do or be anything in the world, what would it be? Make something as if you were actually doing or being it.

I described this challenge to my nine-year-old daughter. Without hesitation, she shot back that I should draw a picture where she and her sister are grown up, and I’m a small child.

I guess maybe, just a time or two, I’ve mentioned that I’d like to be a kid again. Free of responsibility. Able to rely on someone else to handle the big stuff, while I sit pretzel-style and draw pictures, sing songs, and daydream.

Sometimes I do long to be a kid again.

So tonight at dinner, I asked my husband and all six of our kids to contribute to two lists:

1. Things adults have to make, which really aren’t a concern for young people
2. Things kids get to make, which become less acceptable when you’re an adult

My intent was to write a poem based on these ideas. But you know what?

I don’t wanna.

For today, we made these lists, and that’s enough. For the rest of the evening, I’m going to go sit pretzel-style on the couch. I might invite my imaginary friend to join me, so we can make weird noises with our armpits, cut paper dolls, and leave a big mess for someone else to clean up tomorrow.

Adults have to make …

• Amends
• Appointments
• Budgets
• Decisions
• Dinner
• Investments
• Kids’ lunches
• Long-range plans
• Money
• Mortgage payments
• Parole
• Purchases
• Recommendations
• Reservations
• Retirement plans
• Suggestions
• Tax payments
• Travel plans

Kids get to make …

• Armpit farts
• Blanket forts
• Bubbles
• Dandelion bouquets
• E-Z bake cookies
• Friends on the playground
• Fun of people
• Imaginary friends
• Lego towers
• Macaroni art
• Messes
• Mud pies
• Noise
• Paper airplanes
• Paper dolls
• Prank phone calls
• Scenes
• Shrinky Dinks
• Snow angels

Can you add to these lists? What did we miss?