For preschool we went to a play of Cinderella! The girls loved it and were really good the entire time. Ryan was not so good and we had to wander the halls for a bit of it. It has been a super long time since I have seen a play and I found it very enjoyable!
Dear Bubby,
You are such a cute one these days. You like to play, play, play. You can build towers with blocks, throw and kick balls, jump on the trampoline, go on walks, watch T.V., and follow around Kait and B and do whatever they do. You are learning new words everyday. You can say "No, No, No" while shaking your pointer finger and to ask for your favorite show you say, "The A says qua." The video is called The Letter Factory and teaches what sound each letter says. You ask for "shoes" and "walk" and "bottle" and "ips" for chips. You also love candy! You will throw a tantrum if you see candy and do not get some. (Just like your mom would if it happened to her.) You love to jump or try to jump anyway since you can't quite get off the ground unless you are on the tramp. You still love your "binks" (pacifier/binky), and every animal is a kitty-meow although you can also say Moo and Oink. You love to color, play plah-doh, run in circles and walk backwards. You can say ball, balloon, up, down, block, baby, and more. You love to climb on everything including the couch, chairs, and tables. I took the funniest video of you today. You normally take a nap at 1 or 1:30 but church does not end until 2. We fed you lunch and you fell asleep while eating. You were chewing and your eyes would close until you finally just fell right asleep right there with a cheeto hanging from your lip. I'm hoping to win America's Funniest Home Video's with it - if that show is still around! You love your Mom a lot but you REALLY super love your Dad! You go running when he comes in the door saying Da, Da, Da over and over until he picks you up! Then you follow him around for a while and you always are sad when he leaves. I better add that you also love and can say apples and bananas (nanas)! Since it sounds like I feed you chips and candy! You also will walk to your bed when you are tired and ready for bed. Your big brown eyes are so handsome- strangers comment on them! They say you look like a doll! To us you are a doll! You have just a fun personality! We love you so much!
What happens in larger families? Children are more tolerant. They learn that they are one part of a whole much larger than themselves and that the common good usually takes precedence over their particular desires. They also discover the principle of scarcity; they learn to conserve. Their clothes are on loan and passed on to others when they are done. They have to share their toys. They cannot take more food than they can eat, or someone else will not have enough. They can't take long, hot showers, or someone else gets a cold shower. They learn that their singular behavior affects multiple people. They are not the center of the universe.
Children with multiple siblings are also more accepting. They practice living with a variety of temperaments, quirks, and ages. Older children cannot stay safely within their own peer group. They learn to hold babies, sing lullabies, and change diapers. A teenager cannot retreat, morose, into his bedroom every afternoon to listen to his music—his 3-year-old brother will jump on his back and demand a gallop around the room. A 16-year-old girl will trudge through the door from school, worry on her face, to be greeted by a flying 18-month-old jumping into her arms.
Children from larger families have to work together. Every morning, the grump, the overachiever, the early riser, the dreamer, the snuggler, and the toddler must negotiate their separate concerns toward a single goal: to get out the door and to their respective schools on time.
I liked this article http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2006/august/15.26.html?start=1 and this was my favorite part so I thought I would share.
