Tuesday, October 7, 2008
For All You Moms Out There
I don't know about the rest of you but I run out of creative things to keep my kids entertained. I find myself letting them watch more movies lately than normal. I just can't think of new ideas. So I am tagging all of you to post or comment here all the things that you do with your kiddos everyday. I am talking things you do all the time too, not just crazy fun outings. Things that your kids love to do at home with or without you. I just need some inspiration. Please help me out, I am feeling like a bad mommy lately and I hate that feeling. I'm excited to read all of your ideas.
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em.
I really like reading to my kids at night...it makes them calm down, and their brains start to chill out...
Sometimes we even do a puzzle before bed, too.
I like going on 'dates' with the kids, too. I'll take just Janie first, and then Joshua, and then Jaden. That one on one time always makes them feel special, too.
Tam
your blog is SOOO cute!! you are good at everything emily! seriously..i am such a handicap. lol. i didn't use to be..but for some reason I can't figure all this stuff out.. but I love all the pics of your family and your scrapbook pages are amazing. we need to get together so i can get some of my creative juices flowing and pick your brain...love ya.
p.s. next time i talk to you remind me to tell you things i do with the kids...there are too many to write.
Hey Em,
Great subject. I could use some help too! This is something that I don't do very often, but it is way easy and I always feel like a better mom when I do. I have made playdough with the recipe out of that awesome book you gave me. Then I let them go at it with the rolling pin and all my cookie cutters and help them build whatever they want. It is really fun and very cheap.
My son is only 8 months so you got me!! But I find myself thinking somedays .."I wonder what Emily would do".. I look up to you a ton! You are such a great mommy, wife, and friend! You always are happy, and so super creative! I remeber I stopped by one day and you were home alone with the kids and you still held your fhe I thought that was so cool. Your teaching your kids wonderful values! You rock just wanted you to know! Oh yeah and I love your digital scapping! Those are sooo cute!
I love what Tammy said, dates with the kids one on one is priceless! I love just having the time to really talk to them without any interruptions. They really open up. Even if everyone else leaves and the two of you stay home. Do exactly what they want to do without thinking about what you want...that's hard, but it's worth it. You may have to give a few suggestions, but they relish the time with you even if it's only a half hour or hour. Ditto on the great mom thing. I think that you are amazing. Just dropping everything to sew two capes because you happened to have the material and the skills...and you remembered a cape that mom made you well enough to just go for it and make them perfect! Seriously! You are good at everything! Great, actually! Some fun stuff I've done, make simple puppets out of old socks and felt or scraps of material. Markers work just as well as google eyes, so don't have to spend money (although a huge pack is like $3). Get some cheap stickers or some you have around the house and a hand-held mirror and let your kids put stickers all over their faces, or yours. It's hilarious! Or, trace your hands in different designs and make 10 different animals out of them. Or, memorize a simple poem: Here's one that my friend gave me, very cute: "Way up high in the apple tree
A little brown worm smiled at me.
I winked my eye,
And what do you suppose?
A shiny, red apple dropped on my nose!" You will be amazed at your kids quick memorization skills. Their little brains are better than mine!
Sorry, huge post, got a few more, not that I do these every day, because believe me, I feel like a bad mommmy many times because I'm an obsessive cleaner and it bugs me every minute if my dishes and laundry aren't done. However, I have sat down with my kids and done many crafts and games, etc. I don't "play" well for more than a few minutes without getting bored, but I have to push through that. I am however, I have discovered, good at making and creating on demand. Collin says I need a rocket, I produce...Collin says build me an airplane, we go buy some smarties, life savers, and get out rubber bands and popsicle sticks I happen to have on hand in my craft drawer. Collin says I want the 3 little pigs and the big bad wolf for a puppet show complete with a stage, and we make it and then do several hundred performances per day for a week! :) Kids are extraordinary! They believe in magic, and they believe their mommys can do anything! Pretend they're right, and go for it! Try these few and the other wonderful things your friends have suggested, and then we can come up with more together. I truly do think you're amazing little sis! Thanks for the awesome haircut and color, and seductive eyebrow wax for Jamie...LOL and thank you for coming all the way to Riverton for Collin's b-day. He sure enjoyed James, and so did we. He is such a happy, charming, sweet kid! You're a lucky mommy! Isabel adores Ragan, and so do we...those dimples, the giggles, the determination just like her mom! We don't know Dallin very well yet, but his quiet observance is charming and he's very handsome! Love you! (sorry rambling, love your long winded big sis)
Ok so I finally made a blog lastnight. I don't know what I'm doing! The address is thesupersullivans.blogspot.com as for things to do with the kids, I stole some ideas from my sister. She has muffin-monday and makes muffins with her kids each monday morning for breakfast. All different kinds! (They get to choose) Andy and I were sealed on the 17th of Feb so on the 17 of each month we are starting to have a "forever family dinner" It may be a normal dinner with candle-light, or a special dinner, or a night out, we just make sure we are celebrating our forever family. I guess these are more like traditions I want my kids to be able to look back on a remember.
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