Thank you so much for your encouraging comments on my last post. It's so cool to send something out on the web and have other people respond; it makes my day!! Thank you!
My mind has been racing making plans for the time S and C come stay with us.
I have such GREAT expectations for their time in our home. Here is a list of what I want to do:
-Set up routines: morning, after school, bedtime
-Cook together
-Let them choose a couple recipes each month to make.
-Give them household responsibilities appropriate for their ages (5 and 7).
-Read aloud a chapter per day from a chapter book most days of the week.
-Read them a bedtime story each night.
-Watch very little tv.
-Pray with them everyday.
-Learn about God every day.
-Feed them healthy foods for the majority of their meals with us (I'm expecting there to be a pizza night or two...or three).
-Engage them in some sort of physical activity most days of the week--walks around town, trips to the park, tossing a ball around...got any ideas for me??
-Encourage their creativity and their desire to learn (this is a bit vague...I need some concrete strategies).
-Listen to them.
-Chill out and enjoy them.
I feel somewhat hesitant to share all this with anyone because I hear parents so often say things like, "You'll see when you have kids of your own, " and giving the impression that its foolish to have expectations of doing much more than shoving food in mouths and playing chauffeur. I don't want to resign myself to the idea that there will be no time to have fun (like the kids in the picture above are having)!
Do I need a reality check? Do you have some advice or wisdom regarding day-to-day life with kids? I need it!!
