May 13, 2011

40 ways to SHOW your child love!!!

40 simple ways to show your child love:
  1. Take them to a movie they want to see.
  2. Go on a treasure hunt (collect all the loose change around the house/car) together and then make a trip to the arcade with your findings.
  3. Take a long nature walk together, at their pace.  Let them lead the conversation.
  4. Find qualities about them that you genuinely love, and compliment them in front of others.
  5. Frame a photo of the two of you, and display it in their room.
  6. Put a few Hershey’s Hugs in one of their coat pockets, and Kisses in the other.
  7. Play a game with them.
  8. Let them win.
  9. Make bath time special.  Add lots of bubbles, colored soaps, maybe you could purchase a new tub toy or let them play with things found around the house.  I let my kids play with things like colanders and funnels from the kitchen—they love it.  Don’t forget to warm the towel!
  10. Send them a handmade card in the mail with a coupon to go get ice cream with you.
  11. Gather all the home movies that feature them as the “star” and have a movie night complete with popcorn and treats.
  12. Using blankets and chairs, or a card table, build a clubhouse together and have a picnic inside.
  13. Read “I love you” books together.
  14. Let them stay up past their bedtime with you and watch cartoon classics together.
  15. Do a chore that is normally reserved for them.
  16. Tuck an encouraging note inside their lunchbox.
  17. Give them your full attention.
  18. Tell them some of the ways they make you happy.
  19. Make them laugh.
  20. Laugh with them.
  21. Make their favorite treat to welcome them home from school with.
  22. Show them your joy when they arrive.
  23. Ask for hugs and kisses.
  24. Listen, and let them make their own decisions whenever possible.
  25. Make them a coupon book filled with things they’d enjoy doing, or things they’d like to get out ofdoing.
  26. Take a day off from everything: work, household duties, technology, etc. and focus entirely on them.
  27. Cook together.
  28. Write them a poem using the initials of their name.
  29. Decorate their room for no reason.
  30. Create a sign that lavishes them with praise.
  31. Kidnap them from school and take them out for lunch.
  32. Make home a fun place to be.
  33. Make a treasure box from an old shoe box, fill it with “gold” (chocolate coins) and make an official looking treasure map with clues for them to locate the hidden treasure with.
  34. Go to the store and let them pick out all the ingredients to make banana splits.  Make and eat them together.
  35. Wrap up in a warm blanket together and take turns making up stories to tell each other.
  36. Make a list of things you love about them and put it on their pillow before bedtime.
  37. Talk about what they did in their day at dinnertime.
  38. Sit down together and write a list of fun activities to do in a day.  Write each idea on small slips of paper, roll up the papers and stick them inside balloons.  Blow up all the balloons and then pop one balloon at a time until you’ve completed all the activities.
  39. Play back rub/tickle games—ie; Spider crawling up your back…
  40. Make a CD with all their favorite tunes and have a dance party.
~Candace
I found this great article HERE which is a wonderful blog :)  
Which reminds me that I need to change and update my 'Blogs I Love' list over on the right - I have a whole new list of blogs I read these days and I really should add them here!!!

Sigh......




So......I did a stupid thing today.......

My Laurence....



Funny Banana!!

Snapshots from last week



My room.....

Playing at home....

We took a bit of a stroll in the woods but they are still a little wet under foot...which is kind of funny as there is a fire ban in South Cooking Lake and we saw yet another BIG grass fire last week!!



Sam proved his strength with a  HUGE stick:


Rosie took yet another swim:


And we found some ladybugs sunning themselves by the box lid:

Springtime at home......





Fun at the playground today...





...until the mosquitoes joined in our fun and we decided to head home and go for a walk there WITH mosquito repellant instead!!!  Next time we will go to the park PREPARED!!!


Homeschool fun.....


Abby continues to study French using a mixture of programs on the computer, dvd's from the library, cd's from the library, books, workbooks etc etc:


Sam and I have been playing various games continuing to build on his spelling, repetition, word recognition etc etc....we've also been working on addition, subtraction, counting in tens, days of the week, seasons, months of the year etc etc..again using dvd's games, books, workbooks etc etc...


The very hungry caterpillar


This is the caterpillar we are caring for and hoping to raise until it becomes a butterfly and we can release it into the wild....we've done this for the last few years, but we've always had several caterpillars at once, never just one...so wish us LUCK!!!!!!  :)  


Mini Watermelons


At Scholars Choice last week Abigail and I chose two plant kits - Abby is growing mini watermelons, and Sam is growing mini Bananas :)  These above are the Watermelons!!  Sam's will take a little while longer to sprout!!

Connies...





Playing around with Susannahs Converse baseball boots and my Instagram app - 
and the reflection on the dryer :)

Friday Fill ins!!

1. I know that one day all this will be a distant memory - I look at my timeline and it reminds me that 'This Too Shall Pass'.

2. I would move tomorrow if at all possible.

3. This weather has been great for wearing shorts and tee's and finally getting to show off my tan.

4. Living so far out of town has never been a problem. The only problem with living here - and the reason I want to move, s that the house is in need of so much renovation work - if it was a new house on city water then I would more than likely choose to stay, but because of the amount of work it needs I am just finding it overwhelming.  But living out of town has never been an issue.  I actually love it.  But I AM looking forward to a new adventure and living IN town again....as different as it will be...

5. I'm really happy I have the ability to see the cup as half full and lean towards the positive side of things

6. Today I did a stupid thing....I had a stupid moment..one I will regret...or not...but when we have those thoughts and feelings sometimes we just act on them and we HAVE to do something about them....we hear something, we think about something.....we just act without thinking....it comes from the heart and not the brain....we act first think later...and well....life is too short for regrets, or something to that effect.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to catching up with some art journaling and reading, then going in to town to get Laurence....tomorrow my plans include meeting Ki!!!! And going with her to look around the antiques market :) and Sunday, I want to enjoy the Yorkshire pudding cook off with J and JP!
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