Back
to basics
The
balance of power
Chatterbox
/ Jabberwalkee (kids talking to each other - on the
phone)
Children
are living jewels dropped unstained from heaven.
Children
fill our lives with sunshine and our hearts with love.
Cute
as a Bug/Button
Cutie
Pie (arrange pictures in a pie shape)
Don't
make her get the flying monkeys!!! - Wizard of Oz
reference
Down
Load (toilet training)
Family
Game Night
Freckles and stripes Speckles and spots
The nicest of creatures love polka-dots
The dappled giraffe stands on delicate legs
And thrushes and swallows lay speckled eggs
Nature is fondest of stripes, spots and speckles.
And that is the reason I don't mind my freckles.
Fun
is contagious!
Give
a little love to a child and you get a great deal back in
return. - John Ruskin
Good
Things come in small packages
Growing
by leaps and bounds (trampoline, jumping, frogs,
kangaroos, doorway (Johnny)jumper)
Growing
like a weed (growth chart, garden, watering can)
How
do you measure UP? (growth chart, ruler page)
I
am a child of God
I
just gradgeated from sandbox
I
tried being good but I got bored.
It's
just you and me kid!
Kids
at Play
Kid
Stuff
Kids
Happen
Kid
Time (clock)
King
of the sand box
The
laughter of children is an international language
Litl'
Leaguer
Little
People Rule!!
Look
what's sprouting up.
Measure
My/Our Growth
Measuring
our progress (report cards/growth chart)
More
Precious than gold
Mud Puddles & Dandelions
When I look at a patch of dandelions,
I see a bunch of weeds that are going to take over my yard.
My kids see flowers for Mom and blowing white fluffs you can wish on.
When I see a old dumping ground, I wish someone would clean it up.
I look at the hollowed out cars, refrigerators, and boxes
and then I look away.
My kids see castles, great ships and fun and they want to stay.
When I hear music I love, I know I can't carry a tune and don't have much rhythm
so I sit self-consciously and listen.
My kids feel the beat and move to it. They sing out the words.
If they don't know them, they make up their own.
When I feel wind on my face, I brace myself against it.
I feel it messing up my hair and pulling me back when I walk.
My kids close their eyes, spread their arms and fly with it,
until they fall to the ground laughing.
When I pray, I say thee and thou and grant me this, give me that.
My kids say, "Hi God! Thanks for my toys and my friends.
Please keep the bad dreams away tonight.
Sorry, I don't want to go to Heaven yet. I would miss my Mommy and Daddy."
When I see a mud puddle I step around it.
I see muddy shoes and dirty carpets.
My kids sit in it.
They see dams to build, rivers to cross and worms to play with.
I wonder if we are given kids to teach or to learn from?
No wonder God loves the little children!!
Enjoy the little things in life,
for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
My wish to you - Mud Puddles and Dandelions
and may God bless this day and all days for you.
"Love doesn't make the world go 'round.
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile."
The
pick of the litter ... Mom always liked you best! (ref.
To the Smothers Brothers)
Play
as you go plan
Same
shirt-different day -new dirt
Same
shirt -different day -gonna get dirty anyway
See how they grow.
So let them be little 'cause they're only that way for a while
Give them hope, give them praise, give them love every day
Let them cry, let them giggle, let them sleep in the middle
Oh just let them be little
THAT'S
IT! I'm going to Grandma's.
There
would be fewer spoiled children if you could just spank the
grandparents.
They
seem like little things to talk about--our children, but little
things often make up the sum of human life ... little things
often produce great things. - Mark Twain (1835-1910
pseudonym of Samuel Taylor Clemens, speaker, reporter, writer,
"Tom Sawyer"- life satirist)
Time
Marches On
Sibling's/Toddler's Rules:
If I like it it's MINE
If it's in my hand it's MINE
If it looks like mine it's MINE
If I think it's mine it's MINE
And everything else is Mine Too!
Stand
back and watch me grow (flowers, plants, tree)
We
are the world, we are the children - Lyonal Richy,
Quincy Jones
What
if the Hokey-Pokey is REALLY what it's all about?
You
are never far from thought and always close to heart.
#1
Kid of the year
Titles
by age:
I
am 1 and my story's just begun /and I like having fun/i'm
playing in the sun (fun, sun, ain't nearly done, run, ton)
Then
came 2 and what a silly zoo. (got gobs of goo, know how to moo,
ain't nothin' I can't do) Now I'm 2 / "Two" big
for my britches!/ baby stuff!
This
is me and I am 3. / 3 came fast and what a blast. (see, sea,
fee, free, knee,)
I
am 4 and I'm growing more and more. / Here come 4 and I'm ready
for more. ( door, bore, more, score, snore,)
Fine
at 5 and that's no jive. / I made it to 5, glad I'm alive. /
Finally five, When can I drive? (five, alive, hive, dive, drive,
high)
Now
I'm 6, I help Daddy/Mommy fix. (pix, licks, sticks, kicks,
bricks)
Seven
is pure Heaven, but when is eleven?
Eight
is great! I can hardly wait.
I
am nine and feeling mighty fine. / Nine feels fine. I think I'll
put up a sign. (dine, dime, grind, line, whine, sign)
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