Our youngest 2 children, girls,one is 3 on her way to 4 in a
hurry, and the other almost 2. I admit the 2 yr old is WORSE, but they are like
2 peas in a pod. They are bossy, challenging, and take control little Queen
Bees. The youngest is by far the more dominant one - she even tries to push me
around figuratively and literally. These girls I feel are very strong minded
(AKA stubborn) and opinonated.
While these traits will come in handy later in their lives, right now they are
creating havoc when they get a chance. They are terrific problem solvers and
nuthing is safe, even if locked up and nailed down. They canot be left w/o
supervision for an instant - unless you enjoy scrubbing the carpet, washing the
walls, and vaccuuming the floors more than breathing. Putting them into giant locked dog crates has come to mind. Ha ha.
That said- I LOVE them! I loved their spiritedness, strong minds, intellects, and personalities. But I gotta tell ya! - you have to know how to handle them just right, or you can spend your entire day or week emotionally exhausted from trying to fight them. I hesitate to have babysitters... I like my house standing.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Thursday, September 16, 2010
School...
It has begun... Our 3rd week in and they are still excited about it everyday. Sure, they may want to skip their chores first, but at least they want to dive right in.
Our eldest (12 yrs) is acing his spelling tests, finally getting a handle on Math concepts that till now eluded him, and is just LOVING science. He wants a good History project he says... so I'll need to come up with one.
Our eldest girl (6 yrs) is reading!!! Her heart's hope! Last year it was such a struggle for her, and this year, she says it's because she prays for help everyday, her reading skills have taken off. She's delighted with addition and subtraction! odd. But hey at least she likes it. She'd done 3 lapbooks already! Loves them and boy have they helped motivate her. Sheis also enjoying the beginning steps into piano, which is about all I can teach :)
Our second son (6 yrs) is getting a handle on his pencil, which constantly tries to run away from him... or so the grip on it would make you think so. He and our second daughter (5 yrs) are beginning handwriting, numbers, and letters, and phonics. They are enjoying the coloring aspect of everything.
Our 3rd daughter (3yrs) teeters between preschool and kindergarten... she enjoys phonics and numbers, but also slips away to play playdough with the youngest (2 yrs) a bit. They are all lovin' science! Plants are fun!- apparently.
So the school year is officially begun, and I must being something right the way they all carry on about it. Thank goodness... imagine the nightmare if they hated it? How DO you public school parents manage it?
Our eldest (12 yrs) is acing his spelling tests, finally getting a handle on Math concepts that till now eluded him, and is just LOVING science. He wants a good History project he says... so I'll need to come up with one.
Our eldest girl (6 yrs) is reading!!! Her heart's hope! Last year it was such a struggle for her, and this year, she says it's because she prays for help everyday, her reading skills have taken off. She's delighted with addition and subtraction! odd. But hey at least she likes it. She'd done 3 lapbooks already! Loves them and boy have they helped motivate her. Sheis also enjoying the beginning steps into piano, which is about all I can teach :)
Our second son (6 yrs) is getting a handle on his pencil, which constantly tries to run away from him... or so the grip on it would make you think so. He and our second daughter (5 yrs) are beginning handwriting, numbers, and letters, and phonics. They are enjoying the coloring aspect of everything.
Our 3rd daughter (3yrs) teeters between preschool and kindergarten... she enjoys phonics and numbers, but also slips away to play playdough with the youngest (2 yrs) a bit. They are all lovin' science! Plants are fun!- apparently.
So the school year is officially begun, and I must being something right the way they all carry on about it. Thank goodness... imagine the nightmare if they hated it? How DO you public school parents manage it?
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