There are a few things we try every day to teach our kids. To say please and thank you. Not to hit. Not to take things that aren't yours, or even things that are yours when someone else is playing with them at the time. Tantrums are never okay - using words and explaining your feelings is always more effective. Sometimes it's okay to simply say you are sad and sometimes you just need to ask for a hug or to be held or cuddled. Naps aren't just for when it's dark. Time out isn't always fun but is sometimes very necessary. Grown-ups don't always do things right and sometimes require as much patience and forgiveness as children. You should say I'm sorry when you hurt someone, even if it is an accident or they are just tired and having a hard time. When someone says I'm sorry you should accept it graciously, with a hug of course.
And then there are the fun lessons like yesterday when I taught the kids how to eat ice cream out of an ice cream cone the RIGHT way: by biting off the bottom and sucking it through, of course.
And tonight, well - when you are wearing white and still learning to eat, you should take off your white shirt before eating a burgundy popsicle. And there's always time to do TWO fun things at once - like eating popsicles while playing with toy ambulances. And when learning to stand/walk, it is always nice to have something constant, steady, and immovable to hold onto. Lessons learned.
3 comments:
Your kids are getting so big! I love the Happy Father's Day pictures too.
Love these too and your "lessons" which are much the same as the lessons we have at our house -- we're really working on that fit throwing thing again with the almost-5-year-old except most of the time it's not tantrums now it's tears & whining. Still, he's learning and growing and I love it when I see him catching himself and stopping the fit before it starts.
Your kids are so cute!! Abby looks just like you and Isaac looks just like Dave...LOVE IT!!
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