Today my girl amazed me. Knowing that today was going to be a busy one, I asked my kids at the start of the day to be patient & cooperative. (OK, then I translated that into "be extra good helpers for mommy please"). So I tried to give lots of praise appropriately . . . & it worked! The day was going smoothly. Got in a good language arts lesson, a few errands, even story time.
Then I made a stupid mistake. I lost my patience. My girl was moving like a snail & not paying attention during math. All I could think was- I don't have time for this. I could tell we weren't going to get any further, so I left the room rather ubruptly & kindly (but obviously a bit botherd) asked her to choose something else to do. Then I went about taking care of a few things, when she came to me in her cheerful way, with an idea.
"Mommy, I know. I can help you write a to do list so you don't forget anything today!"
Enter my amazment: My 5-y.o. just saw that I was a little frustrated, & knew what would help her mommy feel better. A simple to do list. So she wrote down a few reminders for me as I worked, (score... more writing & spelling practice) then was my little "helper". Funny thing is she was actually the thing that put a smile on my face again.
Every so often my kids do the simplist thing to remind me that Heavenly Father hand-picked them just for me! (Thank You!!!)
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3 comments:
She is so sweet, you are lucky she's yours!
how sweet :) maybe sometime you can show me some of the things you use to teach your kids. riley is just about 2.5yrs but all i can think to do now is the alphabet and counting. she gets reallllyyyy bored with those!
awwww!! ginny you are such a sweet mommy! true you are lucky to have such adorable, and sweet kids, but boy are they lucky to have such a sweet and loving mommy!
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