My daughter is, in my humble opinion, one of the most introspective, creative, funny little girls I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. Wise beyond her years and yet adorably innocent as a three year old should be.
She constantly tries to emulate her older brother, which at times can be dangerously amusing (I.e couch aerobics, skateboards, and verbal sparing with 10 year old boys at the park over swing rights). Her daily activities are nothing like his but somehow at the end of the day her stories about her daily activities mirror his.
"Yesterday at school I learnt 'bout people, lizards and smelly caterpillars!" She says to me this morning mere moments after waking.
Now we have been working on "telling tales" and how they are closely related to LIES which are BAD, so I replied, "Lily, honey, you don't go to school. We talked about this."
"Mom (this is what she calls me when I have disappointed her, but it sounds like Maaaawwwwwwmmmmm) I go to school! Its called the World Of Color and my teachers are Mommy, Daddy and Cole."
Well said.
The World of Color (thank you Disneys California Adventure) is Lilys school of life and I am one of her teachers.
She constantly tries to emulate her older brother, which at times can be dangerously amusing (I.e couch aerobics, skateboards, and verbal sparing with 10 year old boys at the park over swing rights). Her daily activities are nothing like his but somehow at the end of the day her stories about her daily activities mirror his.
"Yesterday at school I learnt 'bout people, lizards and smelly caterpillars!" She says to me this morning mere moments after waking.
Now we have been working on "telling tales" and how they are closely related to LIES which are BAD, so I replied, "Lily, honey, you don't go to school. We talked about this."
"Mom (this is what she calls me when I have disappointed her, but it sounds like Maaaawwwwwwmmmmm) I go to school! Its called the World Of Color and my teachers are Mommy, Daddy and Cole."
Well said.
The World of Color (thank you Disneys California Adventure) is Lilys school of life and I am one of her teachers.
This is a job title most Mothers and Fathers aren't given enough credit for. We not only teach our children the "simple" things like how to eat with utensils, wash their important parts and speak at a volume tolerable to the human race, we also teach them about this wonderful World of Colors. The wonderful sights, sounds, colors and textures of this world and how much we respect and enjoy them directly translates to our children through our appreciation of and how we choose to share these things with them.
That is absolutely spectacular, if you ask me.
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