As most may know, I have two nephews whom I adore more than most things. One of my favorite things when I spend time with them is watching them play. I am so intrigued by the imaginations they are already displaying at the young ages of two and three. When they are interacting with each other, I love watching how they pretend to be cooking in their kitchen and then bring me their “meals” to taste, or when I watch Bostin take his motorcycle and zip it over top every counter he can before he gets caught, or when he points to a painting hanging on the wall and says the characters in them are people in our family.

The other day, I was sitting with Bostin and I had my feet resting on top of their toy chest. He climbed on top of the lid and reached for my hands and said he wanted to “cross the bridge.” I gave him my hands and he walked across my legs pretending he was falling into the ocean. Once he “made it across” we played that we were on a rocking ship and he proceeded to tell me he saw Captain Hook, mermaids and whales. He started waving and told the captain he wanted to be friends and give him a hug.

His creativity is so inspiring already, and it made me wonder why so many of us, at least in my case decide to become so unnecessarily serious in our everyday lives. Maybe it’s different personality traits, or the people we surround ourselves with, or simply not caring about losing our imaginations. I want to have fun and embrace life fully, disregarding what anyone thinks, in all settings and outside of babysitting my nephews.

I think there is definitely a time and some situations to be serious, but it doesn’t mean it’s a necessity ALL the time. This applies with personal style too because I love wearing different prints and experimenting with  new looks constantly. Maybe some will think learning a valuable lesson from two toddlers is hardly relevant,or maybe even immature, and to you who think that, I simply don’t care. They are teaching me how important it is to just have fun and keep an open imagination, and I hope this is something they keep for a very long time. Just because we “grow up” doesn’t mean we need to lose that. Let’s keep being weird.

Steal my look today: Ci Sono black pant: Kohl’s and B Jewel top: T.J. Maxx