Solo, is 6.. she technically started first grade but, being homeschooled, she can accelerate when something clicks very well. She is in "second grade" math and reading at a fourth grade reading level. I am not trying to make any other students feel bad, but Im proving a point. My daughter is not dumb. Today, however, she was so incredibly silly. I dont mean goofy silly, I mean made poor decisions silly.
As we are driving to the store she decides it would be perfectly fine to color her on blue jeans with blue marker.. I dont mean a mark here, a mark there, I mean ALL OVER.
She was told that it was wrong and that now I had to hand wash the pants since I didnt want the colors to run into other clothes in the washer. Once we got home I started making dinner while Firefly sat in the swing, and lioness played around in the living room. Solo, however, went upstairs.. I figured she was playing or reading or something..
After a while, my mommy sense began to tingle and I knew she was doing something she shouldnt. I had the hubs take over stirring for me while I investigated. As I begin to ascend the stairs I ask what shes doing.. she replies with "washing the pants so they dont destroy other clothes." I inwardly groan and tell her to leave them where ever they are and to just stop. I reach the top of the stairs to see her rushing (with them dripping everywhere) to where a towel is hanging on the door, which was open, which meant there was blue water dripping on the carpet. GREAT. So I had her put the jeans in the sink and start drying the floor. Thats when I notice water all over the bathroom floor.. I told her she needed to clean that up as well. Thats when I notice the blue all over the toilet as well.. yep.. two and two together.. I just stare at the blue on the toilet, the water splashed all over the seat.. and it dawns on me. "did you.. did you use the toilet to wash your pants?" She just stares at me and slowly says "...yeaaa..?" I couldnt help it, I simply busted out laughing.
Theres something about your child wanting to help you and doing it in such an outrageous manner that you simply cant be mad.
Too many times I see (and Im guilty of it as well) parents getting angry and blowing up at their kids for silly mistakes and doing the wrong things. I try my very hardest to keep my cool and to be patient with my children.
In the Bible we are taught to love as Jesus loves and to not exasperate your children. I try to be that person but I am human and fail daily. I find myself constantly feeling angry about little things my kids do.. yet its little things they do that are trying to HELP me. I need to keep reminding myself that they are little and still learning. No matter how "advanced" they might be. They want to please and help even though its definitely not up to my standards of "helping" and "cleaning" (because Im definitely a type A person.) Yet I need to be more gracious than anything that these tiny humans want to help ME they want to please ME and theres nothing more blessing than that.
As we are driving to the store she decides it would be perfectly fine to color her on blue jeans with blue marker.. I dont mean a mark here, a mark there, I mean ALL OVER.
She was told that it was wrong and that now I had to hand wash the pants since I didnt want the colors to run into other clothes in the washer. Once we got home I started making dinner while Firefly sat in the swing, and lioness played around in the living room. Solo, however, went upstairs.. I figured she was playing or reading or something..
After a while, my mommy sense began to tingle and I knew she was doing something she shouldnt. I had the hubs take over stirring for me while I investigated. As I begin to ascend the stairs I ask what shes doing.. she replies with "washing the pants so they dont destroy other clothes." I inwardly groan and tell her to leave them where ever they are and to just stop. I reach the top of the stairs to see her rushing (with them dripping everywhere) to where a towel is hanging on the door, which was open, which meant there was blue water dripping on the carpet. GREAT. So I had her put the jeans in the sink and start drying the floor. Thats when I notice water all over the bathroom floor.. I told her she needed to clean that up as well. Thats when I notice the blue all over the toilet as well.. yep.. two and two together.. I just stare at the blue on the toilet, the water splashed all over the seat.. and it dawns on me. "did you.. did you use the toilet to wash your pants?" She just stares at me and slowly says "...yeaaa..?" I couldnt help it, I simply busted out laughing.
Theres something about your child wanting to help you and doing it in such an outrageous manner that you simply cant be mad.
Too many times I see (and Im guilty of it as well) parents getting angry and blowing up at their kids for silly mistakes and doing the wrong things. I try my very hardest to keep my cool and to be patient with my children.
In the Bible we are taught to love as Jesus loves and to not exasperate your children. I try to be that person but I am human and fail daily. I find myself constantly feeling angry about little things my kids do.. yet its little things they do that are trying to HELP me. I need to keep reminding myself that they are little and still learning. No matter how "advanced" they might be. They want to please and help even though its definitely not up to my standards of "helping" and "cleaning" (because Im definitely a type A person.) Yet I need to be more gracious than anything that these tiny humans want to help ME they want to please ME and theres nothing more blessing than that.