Thankful to have such wonderful kids and a great family, showing off another piece of art from my elder one :)
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| Thanksgiving Turkey craft |
Showing posts with label parenting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parenting. Show all posts
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Sunday, November 13, 2011
The Budding Artist!
So it's been an experiment for the last month and a half. No idiot box for my three year old! We thought it would be a painstakingly one, considering she would see an hour of TV everyday ever since she's been two, but circumstances (no, I am not revealing the reason why we stopped TV, in case she see this blog twenty years later...lol!).
Looking at the positive side of things, it has yielded great results....now she is much more active (Daddy's teaching her biking, skating, etc.), she's reading her books, solving puzzles, joining dots and also trying to write a few letters and I am a more satisfied mom as she is enjoying what she does. She is not glued to the TV anymore and the transition was pretty quick.
As a socially active mom, I looked up a few places where she would get more exposure to her newly found hobby for art, cutting, pasting, etc. (we're trying to improve her focus and concentration) and we got some pretty good free classes - Home Depot, Lowe's, The School Box, Michaels to name a few. And more if you keep your social eyes open - the holidays have a lot to offer!
Looking at the positive side of things, it has yielded great results....now she is much more active (Daddy's teaching her biking, skating, etc.), she's reading her books, solving puzzles, joining dots and also trying to write a few letters and I am a more satisfied mom as she is enjoying what she does. She is not glued to the TV anymore and the transition was pretty quick.
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| Thumbprint Turkey at The School Box |
Friday, October 7, 2011
Opposites attract
So we are teaching our three-year old the art of expression. She's the quiet kinds, needs to be directed, asks a lot of questions before she puts them into action, thinks a lot before she commits - someone, a little more mature than a three and a half year old. The pregnancy made me overlook a few things on her side and I want to get back in action as her mom once again and help her flower and bloom with her individuality.
Our two month old is exactly the opposite, very expressive even at this young age. Makes his presence felt. Very assertive and aggressive - yes, even as a baby I can see the difference. Takes a while to calm his frisky personality. I wonder how I will deal with his personality when he'll be three years old.
Juggling between two personalities is very demanding ...and also needs dedication. But it is fun to watch the extremities and even experience them at their demanding best. I am also lucky to experience both genders. Both have a unique sense of existence, even as babies - so different from each other. It's amazing how your mind can/wants to adapt to these individual sensitivities and react separately with each developing personality.
It's great having the two of them and see their dynamics together - she adores him and loves him to death and he can't takes his eyes off her ....hmmm....for the moment. As my mom says, "Enjoy it - these innocent days never come back again!"
Our two month old is exactly the opposite, very expressive even at this young age. Makes his presence felt. Very assertive and aggressive - yes, even as a baby I can see the difference. Takes a while to calm his frisky personality. I wonder how I will deal with his personality when he'll be three years old.
Juggling between two personalities is very demanding ...and also needs dedication. But it is fun to watch the extremities and even experience them at their demanding best. I am also lucky to experience both genders. Both have a unique sense of existence, even as babies - so different from each other. It's amazing how your mind can/wants to adapt to these individual sensitivities and react separately with each developing personality.
It's great having the two of them and see their dynamics together - she adores him and loves him to death and he can't takes his eyes off her ....hmmm....for the moment. As my mom says, "Enjoy it - these innocent days never come back again!"
Friday, September 9, 2011
Patience and its rewards
I typed this a fortnight before my second one was born -
So we have a situation here. Our little one is getting impatient and waking up at four in the morning wondering when her little sibling will be born and she can enjoy bathtime with the little one! She does not understand the concept of time. So from the last two weeks, we've been trying to make her understand the days in the week. Before that was even tough as you would tell her about a birthday party on Saturday (this would happen on a Wednesday) and that would start the string of questions every day, every hour about how we're not at the party yet!
Talking about patience myself, I feel a lot like her these days with only two more weeks remaining. Are we there yet? Is it time yet? When will this baby be here?!? How will we cope?
Gauging time is the biggest factor now - especially when people look at you and say, "Hey, you not in the hospital as yet?"
And here I am six weeks post delivery, multitasking, multi-thinking and now wondering about how much time I really had before delivery and how much fun that was...lol
It's fun being a second time parent, except that now your attention is divided among the two of them. We both do a good job spending time with her and she does a good one too helping us with our infant. I see a maturity in her, I had never noticed before. She always had that serene, nurturing nature and time has played a great part in helping her enhance it.
Time played her part very well there.
Hope my next post does not take too much time from this one. :)
So we have a situation here. Our little one is getting impatient and waking up at four in the morning wondering when her little sibling will be born and she can enjoy bathtime with the little one! She does not understand the concept of time. So from the last two weeks, we've been trying to make her understand the days in the week. Before that was even tough as you would tell her about a birthday party on Saturday (this would happen on a Wednesday) and that would start the string of questions every day, every hour about how we're not at the party yet!
Talking about patience myself, I feel a lot like her these days with only two more weeks remaining. Are we there yet? Is it time yet? When will this baby be here?!? How will we cope?
Gauging time is the biggest factor now - especially when people look at you and say, "Hey, you not in the hospital as yet?"
And here I am six weeks post delivery, multitasking, multi-thinking and now wondering about how much time I really had before delivery and how much fun that was...lol
It's fun being a second time parent, except that now your attention is divided among the two of them. We both do a good job spending time with her and she does a good one too helping us with our infant. I see a maturity in her, I had never noticed before. She always had that serene, nurturing nature and time has played a great part in helping her enhance it.
Time played her part very well there.
Hope my next post does not take too much time from this one. :)
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| My second, asleep :) |
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