When our children were little, they enjoyed coloring, painting, and crafting. Creating. We encouraged this. Ordinary mashed potatoes became volcanos. The “lava” was the gravy. We also made green eggs and ham (and yes, we ate them). Mealtime was always an adventure. During other creativity-bursts, we strung beads, built forts, fired pottery, wrote stories, and wove potholders. We colored, painted, and …