George and Emile have both graduated to new beds! We have given Emilie George's baby/toddler bed, and to George we gave him a full twin bed! We don't have any fancy bed frames, they are sitting right on the floor, but who wants to fall off three feet anyway when it could just be a half foot drop, right? Emilie seems so much more comfy in her new bed, not having to sleep on the floor and also waking up at night to come into our bed (and waking up all the time from us moving, thus us all sleeping pretty restlessly). I think this setup will work pretty well. :) George loved his new bed at first, getting to stretch out with more space, but seeing Emilie in his old bed gave him a streak of jealousy. If we need, we'll cram George in his small bed again and give Emilie the bigger one. I think that would pain him emotionally, because he wouldn't want her to have either and keep jumping back in forth saying, "no, that's mine!" and crying confused of what to do... so we'll probably just endure his discontentedness and make the decision that is best for him. Trying to teach a toddler from natural consequences can be like fishing in the desert if not done right, I've learned. George especially seems to resist learning from negative experiences or in other words, when I try to prove to him that he's wrong and irrational, he doesn't take a bite. Ah, the frustrations. Seeking revenge on your three year old son to get him to understand that you are right and he is wrong is never a good endeavor. It's better to just be a responsible parent, realize you are the adult and are the boss and know best, and not fall into permissive parenting.
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Reading up, we learned that one family made conference as big a holiday as Christmas! This shocked me, but you know what, that's a pretty cool idea. They both are majorly centered (ok, should be completely centered) on Christ. Anyway, though we just learned about it yesterday (Friday), we still had a little time to put a trial run on having "Conference Eve". What we did?.. Well, we went to the local high school parade actually, before we even read about celebrating Conference Eve! And you know what? That was AWESOME! Each year in high school had their own float, and there were many convertible cars with the Princess and Prince of each year. Being a YW teacher, my most awesome student (granted, she makes up our whole YW program, but it's still true :)) was selected as Princess of her Freshmen class. So proud of her! :) The high schoolers were so creative with their floats! Our personal favorites floats were the Indiana Jones and the Alice in Wonderland. All of the Princesses and Princes were so regale and friendly, and George had the time of his life waving from Scott's shoulders. George was really in awe at all the colors, music, and even the fire fighter engines that lead and ended the parade. After the parade, we headed down the hill for a quick errand, and that's when I read about conference eve! On the way back, we decided to stop at our McDonalds on the way and make it a celebration! We've never gone inside before, but this one was awesome, with a super playground and everything! We each had a dollar fifty burger and the giant chicken nugget packs. I also treated myself to an Oreo flurry with hot fudge! George immediately went for the play ground and we must have spend over an hour there. He had so much fun with the other kids and did so well with just melting into the group and playing right along. What really gets me is that he never asked (well, he is three now, to be expected), he just sort of saw what the other kids were doing, hopped in and did the same. You know, as adults, I think it might be better if our culture was like that in America. As a child though, I remembered offending bullies by just expecting they would be nice to be as I was to them. A shame it can't be like that. I'll just have to teach George to "bounce back" if he encounters a rude child. Being resilient is crucial these days, and having a stable family, and with me reading the Children are from Heaven book by John Gray, I think I can be able to help George be that resilient boy he needs to be, and Emilie stay and be the resilient happy girl she is. I love you, George and Emilie :)
George just woke up, Conference Saturday begins! Pintrist, thank you for idea activities for George. Let's make this Christmas awesome! ;) We're having waffles for Breakfast with cool whip! |
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