Archive for September, 2015
Sep 05
Random Thoughts...
...from FaceBook
Ella: "If I showed you my FLOSS."
Adorable what they hear :)
Sep 04
Random Thoughts...
...from FaceBook
Kids say the darndest things.
Cooper called his underwear - "buttwear".
It is a rather appropriate name.
Sep 04
Random Thoughts...
...from FaceBook
Cooper is The Very Hungry Caterpillar - he hasn't stopped eating since 7am!!
I hope he doesn't end up with a belly ache and eat a green leaf! :\
Sep 04
Random Thoughts...
...from FaceBook
I know children do things as they are children and they learn from their mistakes. Yesterday I had a challenging parental moment, and while everything turned out ok, it could have ended very differently.
I look at the situation, which I don't care to go into, and I wonder what thoughts ran through the brain of the child as they made the choices they made. Was it a completely innocent act, while completely wrong, innocent at the same time. If it was intentional, was the child scared enough from the outcome to never do it again?
I parented the best I could and in parental moments like this I must say I was mortified. To accept and love this child unconditionally. To face the outcome and deal with it. To do your best to teach the child what you thought they already had a clear understanding about and thought you knew they understood what they did was wrong. It was hard. I felt like I failed.
All is okay now, and it's time to move on and continue to teach the best we can as parents, love unconditionally and be there in support and to help them as much as we can when our children get themselves in STICKY situations.
Parenting isn't easy and those who honestly in their hearts can say it is easy our parenting tactics must be way different. I know I personally have gained many a gray hair from the trials of parenting. I look back at how often when both children were babies I thought things were hard and everyone who had older children would say "just you wait it only gets harder" - I can confirm, it does, that is the truth.
I know I didn't fail. I know I have taught and continue to teach my children right from wrong, What is good and what is bad. I also know children do things sometimes without thinking and accidentally. They learn through the mistakes they make and take those occurrences and use them to better themselves. This is my hope. I hope that the accident that happened yesterday is learned from and that both children and myself can walk away from the experience having learned something and use that in our futures.
Sep 04
Random Thoughts...
...from FaceBook
You're in kindergarten again. Use the first ten people in your tag list. NO CHEATING!!!!! I will leave a clean copy in the comments.
Your best friend: Josh Cook
The kid eating glue: Lauren Johnsen Rogers
The kid who steals the crayons: Jessica McKee
Kid picking their nose: Trish Garrett
The teachers pet: Michelle Inhof
The bully: Hope Girard
The class clown: Janet Renninger
The kid always crying: Samantha Cooke
The troublemaker: Faith Orlando Dobbs
The star student: Jennifer Franchak
Sep 03
Random Thoughts...
...from FaceBook
Today was a challenging day & I am so glad that it is now time to relax with the husband. He came home with wine as he knew after the day I had, sipping wine was on my agenda tonight.
