This is the best day ever!
That’s what 4 year-old said today.
Here’s the most amazing thing to me…she just hung out with me, and helped me with all my daily chores..by her own choice.
It started off pretty cool, we enjoyed a nice egg breakfast and she helped serve and set the table. “This is the best breakfast mama”.
Then, my hubby and I rejoiced by getting our g-mail accounts. So, we were all on our separate computers, playing, blasting some music, laughing and singing aloud together.
Then she just wanted to help with lunch, danced while we cleaned up…and “really” cooked dinner with me. She kneaded and marinated the meat and was so psyched.
She could not wait to eat and throughout the whole meal she was asking, “Isn’t this great Baba?” to her sisters: “…yummy, right?” “I love this” “Ummm” And, she ate her two-servings, which she never does. She doesn’t have an appetite like her two sisters, but I think I found the “key”.
She even said “Mama, I can’t wait until I’m older so I can help you wash the dishes too” (A Mama’s dream!)
She encouraged her sisters to help out, we colored and played, and we shared many of our ‘60-second of love’ tickle-fests.
All of us just fed off each other. We shared many wonderful conversations. We didn’t put on the TV at all, and we said our prayers together. They all feel asleep with so many more hugs, kisses and “I love you’s” that we’ve ever shared before.
Life is good…and I didn’t do anything differently except I let my daughter help me!
Mom’s tedious uninteresting daily chores can be a ton of fun when we involve our children’s independence, love and innocence.
I feel blessed, Masha’Allah.
Potty-training & more
Woo hoo…our youngest pooped and peed in her training potty today. She actually enjoyed hangin out there and giving high-fives to everyone too. She’s 20 months old.
Our 4 year-old figured out addition and subtraction herself. It was way cool. She said, “Mama there’s five of us and when Baba goes to China (where he conducts business) then there’s only four of us”. We played with our family of five, added and subtracted and she actually got the concept without having to count every single person.
For example, she says if I go with Baba, then three of you are left at home. If we both come home then all five of us are together again. Aww…what a proud moment.
Our 4 year-old and 3 year-old got regular watches last month, even though our 4 year-old only knows how to tell digital time. I haven’t had a chance to teach her minutes, until today, I made a drawing of a clock with hours in the center, and minutes (all 60 minutes) on the outside. I had her check the digital time and find the numbers on the drawing and showed her watch so she made the connection.
She absolutely loved it. She was also reading the minutes as single digits until today, I tought her the twenties, thirties, etc. She’s catching on very well.
Our 3 year-old had a field day drawing family pictures. She finally makes bodies with all our faces, she’s so proud of herself…so are we of course.
After a wonderful warm spring day yesterday, as fate would have it we got snow today. Aww…I love days warm at home.
We love to dance
As a mother of 3 baby girls…I don’t know if this post is a ‘girl-thing’ or a ‘mom-thing’, so bare with me here.
We love to dance! All weekend long we danced. Even for the shortest commercials on TV they started dancing and urging me to join in & Baba to watch us.
They each have their different styles & looks…it brought tears to my eyes just watching their innocence. From the slowest of songs to the loudest of rhythms, they caught the beat and made sure my husband and I were joining in.
Yes, I’m a sap…a cry baby for the happiest & most sad moments. But, these tears came from a deep profound awe. The lessons children innocently teach their parents & this world.
Just forget about it & dance, was my lesson this weekend.
Be it a girl-thing or a mom-thing…I know I have at least 3 dance buddies for the rest of my life, and this is WAY cool.
Chow!
There’s nothing wrong with the TV & PC…
When it’s monitored watching of course.
We live by PBS with their complimentary websites. Yes, two of them: PBSkids.org & PBSKidsGo!
Then, our good ‘ol neighbors in Canada: CBC with CBCKids
So many lessons, activities, and plain ‘ol family fun.
Though we’re a house full of girls…they know every kind of tractor & all the different kinds of tools, thanks to Bob the Builder & Nana Lan.
Watching the tube gives them ability to teach me a lesson or 2 each day…and keeps them quiet & in one-place [most of the time] while I’m cooking, cleaning, & taking care of other mommy-business.
PowerTouch Learning System
The PowerTouch Learning System by FisherPrice…is Way cool!
The girls love it. Though you have to be very careful, it’s not a tug-o-war toy since the pages have to sit nice & flat.
Words, pictures, reading, phonics, spelling, counting & more…perfect for homeschool.
It say the starting age is 3, but our 20-month-old can play the “finding” game just fine.
Well worth the investment!
