The tell jokes, run around, jump on the little trampoline in the toy room, play camping and boat and island and other such imaginary places..they play *chase* and cook feasts and build this and that out of a bottomless bucket of Lego's. My sons put on funky clothes and dress up as imaginary people, they pretend they are animals and roar-stampede all around. My sons just spend their days being children and their imaginations are their best friends. I get the opportunity to act silly alongside of them and we all enjoy a book in the kid sized play house we put up.
We dont focus on the television or who is stronger, faster or otherwise *more* than the other. I think there is less competition between them because I focus on all of us as a family and each has his strengths and weaknesses. In our house guns are for hunting and not for shooting at people. In our house we play hoggy pile with mom on the bottom and tickle but have the over riding rule that stop means stop no matter what.
Mom has bad days and so do the boys. Both of us say we are sorry for acting less than nice and then we talk about how we are feeling.
I think that as a mom, I really try to show that even grownups make mistakes and even grownups say they are sorry(they dont always but they should)
Its hard to be open with my children. I often feel like saying *because I said so!* but that doesnt help them or me.
Thanks for listening to this week's ramble..
:-)
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