I watched a small video today that was put together by a church, and has now spread all over the world wide web. It was designed to debut on Mother's Day weekend this year as a tribute to all mothers to show them just how special they are to their children. In the video, several mothers were asked to come in and do one thing: Describe yourself as a mother.
It was a revelation just how many of them described themselves in a negative way -- how they lack patience, how they have a short temper, how they don't cuddle enough with their kids, how they have their doubts about whether they are doing a good job raising their children day in and day out; the list went on and on.
And then ...
Their children were asked to come in and describe their mother. Behind the screen, those moms got to watch the video of their children saying the nicest, most wonderful, heartfelt things about them. Everything that they described was POSITIVE. They didn't have the same view about their mother that she had about herself and her parenting.
I was so moved by this video that I decided to ask the girls the same question. I waited until they were snuggled in their beds for naptime today and then I asked them to describe me and what their most favorite thing to do with me was ...
Sophia told me that she loves to make dinner with me. That comes as no surprise. The girl thinks about food 24/7.
Samantha told me that she loves do projects with me. Yes, we do a lot of projects in this house. And I am so pleased to know that she appreciates them.
In honor of some of those projects ...
Working on a Halloween pumpkin before the holiday:
This was actually a project that we did with one of Sam's friends that came over to our house for a play date. It turns out that her friends enjoy a nice project too.
Decorating Halloween balloons. Samantha did the pumpkin, Sophia did the purple cat and they worked together on the ghost.
Samantha's 5th birthday is next week. How is that even possible??? We will be celebrating her birthday the following weekend with family and a few friends at our house. I always do birthdays up BIG in our household, and this year will be no exception. Her birthday has a fairy theme and the projects are well underway, including this fairy hut. Frankly, the glue gun has not made its way back into its rightful location in the junk drawer for a week now ...
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With winter coming, Steve has been working on building up our wood pile on the back patio. With close supervision, the girls are always excited to help him.
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Samantha is doing so well in school. She made the "All A's" honor roll in school this last quarter (she actually got a 'B' in penmanship, but it doesn't count as one of the subjects so she still got "all A's"). The reason that she received a 'B' in penmanship is because she needs to improve a little more on her handwriting. She still has not chosen her dominant hand -- right or left -- and until she does, her writing cannot be perfected. In the meantime, she switches back and forth.
With her thriving in school, she has become quite motivated to do her homework and extra activity books at home. She even "plays school" with Sophia, implementing some of the things that she has learned.
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Ah, tea parties ... They take place regularly in our house. The other day, the girls set up this one on their own, complete with a tablecloth (aka blanket), napkins and their own cups from the kitchen. And apparently, the ladies needed to wear their hats for their lunchtime tea. I even heard Samantha refer to Sophia as "darling" during the event.
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While Samantha is at school and Jack is taking his morning nap, Sophia becomes my little helper. It is her own personal job to put stamps on all of the orchard bills that need to go out that day. She takes her role very seriously ...
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The Detroit Lions played football yesterday (and won!), so the men in our house were showing their team spirit. Jack's shirt read, "My First Lions Tee." Daddy was pretty proud ...
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