Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Progress
I notice that I've been posting about G's behavior... and that I've slanted the stories to the negative. While the negatives make more entertaining stories, we really are experiencing a lot of positives!
At school, the children start each day with 3 stars and then lose stars as the morning wears on. But G has come home with all 3 stars every day except twice... and then he's only lost 1 each time. He's shining in kindergarten!
And at home things have been much smoother too. I'm no longer living in fear that Mr. Peter is going to pull a "today was my last day" departure.
I'll keep posting the funnier stories. You keep in mind that they don't necessarily reflect our whole reality.
p.s. One of the times that G lost a star in kindergarten, it was because he told Vince: "You lose!" That was breaking the "Use kind words" rule. I know that I tend a bit towards the competitive, but -really? Is G supposed to say "Congratulations, you're the second winner!" C'mon.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Thanksgiving Focus
I stumbled into a great idea for making Thanksgiving a day of thanksgiving!
At 8am I grabbed a sheet of paper and asked G to name 3 things he's thankful for.
Mama
House
Neighbors
I told him 3 things I'm thankful for. Listed them. Done.
At 9am we each added 3 more things.
We repeated it every hour. Or - whenever I remembered.
Towards the end of the day, he was randomly approaching me:
"Kitchen, Mom - write I'm thankful about our kitchen."
"We already wrote down kitchen, G. We sure are thankful that God gave us a kitchen, huh?"
"Then write down stove. I'm thankful about we have a stove."
At dinnertime when we prayed, we prayed through the whole list, thanking God for everything.
Super simple idea - but it kept the point of the day in front of us all day. And Friday he was still talking about things he's thankful for. Loved it.
Now if I can just figure out how to keep the Christmas season about Christ...
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