Our former middle child has been on and off indifferent about the younger ones. Sometimes she has a great time with them (mostly if she's bossing them around) and other times is really bothered by them. The past week has shown a big jump in caring and kindness. She's been taking them into a bedroom to play school or music. (Is that an effort to get out of doing school work?) For today's activities, she got them to race stringing beads (great for H's hands) and to race across the living room floor to get a certain color of beads. Then it was races across the room just for the fun of it. H is even trying to jump during Simon Says. Parachute play and bean bag toss, too. Of course, every effort was rewarded by prizes/junk that I've been trying to get her to get rid of. She is! Only now I have to figure out how to get it from 3 people instead of just 1. They is pleased with the results.
What a fun way to pass the day!
While they're playing, it's laundry and knitting while listening to Christmas music. Yup, I gave into the wonders of celebrating our Savior's birth a bit early this year. Not ready for decorations yet, but this is a good way to get my mind in the right direction of the season.
Hope your Saturday is going well.
Religion that is pure and good before God the Father is to help children who have no parents... James 1:27 NLV
1 comment:
Yay for Catherine - sounds like she's really growing into the "big sister" role.
Is it bad that I've been listening to Christmas music since February? It's just such a wonderful time of year and there are some really beautiful pieces that touch my heart in so many ways! One of my fave things to do is knit and listen to Christmas music, so your Saturday afternoon sounds just perfect.
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