Last night, while I was reading M a bedtime story (the same one for the fourth night in a row) his baby brother demolished his train track. When I say demolished, I mean pulled the entire track off the table and sent it flying in a million pieces.
He is so very different from M, and different isn't necessarily negative. He has just taught us some things.
M didn't eat things off the floor. L has given me plenty of mouth sweeping practice.
M was told "no touch" and he went about his baby business. L considers this a show down, a laughing matter.
M liked to play with baby toys. L likes to bang remotes, and picture frames, and anything else that will leave dents in furniture. He appreciates the shabby, and not so chic.
If there is something to get into, he has ripped it open and is probably in the box the trouble came in.
Back to my story,
M said "Mommy, I need to go help L put that track back." He calmly walked over to his brother and began picking up the pieces. I told him I was sorry it happened. He gently said "Mommy, its ok, sometimes things just happen." He looked at his brother and said "It is ok, L, I forgive you."
I was just so touched by this.
I prayed with him and thanked God for calming his heart about it. And we prayed that L would learn some self control, too. (hehe)
L gets into a lot of M's things. M puts up with a lot. He is learning to be tolerant of others. I have decided to be sympathetic but not feel sorry for him. He will learn a lot from having a brother.
Usually, I hear a groan or a growl, the sweet little nickname we have for L, said in a very disapproving tone, or some other frustrated noise (that he has picked up from me). This time, he was forgiving and genuine.
It was a clear reminder that I should be more like him in this moment.
I should be slow to become angry and quick to forgive. Sometimes people sling our track into a slew of pieces. Sometimes they aren't sorry they did it. Sometimes things just happen.
But one day, Someone will return and set our track back perfectly, just the way it was supposed to be. Built in a better formation than we could have ever imagined it ourselves. All because we were forgiven, when we didn't deserve it.
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Pp for Pumpkins
Wowsa! What a fun two weeks learning all about pumpkins!
Our scripture memory for this unit was "Be patient with everyone!" 1 Thessalonians 5:14
This verse has come to mind quite a bit since completing this unit. I have been convicted of my impatience while driving, waiting at the checkout, waiting for M to put his shoes on, by himself, while waiting on water to boil. You name the situation, I have needed patience.
It has helped M too. I have quoted it to him while hepesters asks me if his cheese waffle is ready EVERY MORNING, if we are "to the park yet?".... I could go on.
Well, back to pumpkins. Again, I was terrible about taking pictures and I am WAY behind, so here are some of our favorites!
-Pumpkin Vine Measuring (from 2TeachingMommies)
Pumpkin Life Cycle Paper Plate
We played a really fun game where we drew a card (covered with a certain number of dots) and M had to find the corresponding number on a pumpkin. If he matched them correctly, he got to color that pumpkin. I was really proud of how patient he was with this, and his one to one correspondence is really improving.
We carved our real pumpkins with Daddy and roasted the seeds!
A second game that M really enjoyed was this Roll a Jack-o-Lantern Game (from MakingLearningFun)
M has finally memorized the dice, which makes the game go faster. I think I needed the patience scripture prior to him mastering this skill!
We made playdough pumpkins and read tons of pumpkin books, thanks to our local library!
Our scripture memory for this unit was "Be patient with everyone!" 1 Thessalonians 5:14
This verse has come to mind quite a bit since completing this unit. I have been convicted of my impatience while driving, waiting at the checkout, waiting for M to put his shoes on, by himself, while waiting on water to boil. You name the situation, I have needed patience.
It has helped M too. I have quoted it to him while he
Well, back to pumpkins. Again, I was terrible about taking pictures and I am WAY behind, so here are some of our favorites!
-Pumpkin Vine Measuring (from 2TeachingMommies)
Capital P Pumpkin
Pumpkin Life Cycle Paper Plate
We played a really fun game where we drew a card (covered with a certain number of dots) and M had to find the corresponding number on a pumpkin. If he matched them correctly, he got to color that pumpkin. I was really proud of how patient he was with this, and his one to one correspondence is really improving.
We carved our real pumpkins with Daddy and roasted the seeds!
A second game that M really enjoyed was this Roll a Jack-o-Lantern Game (from MakingLearningFun)
We made playdough pumpkins and read tons of pumpkin books, thanks to our local library!
Nn for Night
This week our scripture memory was "Apart from me, you can do nothing." John 15:5
We studied creatures of the night!!! This was a craft filled week....partly because I needed some fall decorations around here, and partly because M loves anything requiring glue these days!
These owlets were made from toilet paper tubes after reading "Owl Babies"
We painted the tubes brown and pressed down the tops to form the points. We glued on teardrop shaped wings cut from scrapbook paper, and added wiggly eyes and a beak. I am amazed by all the craft ideas on the internet!!!!
We used our foot prints and a toilet paper tube to create a baby bat after reading "Stellaluna".
We completed a nocturnal and diurnal animal sort. We did this each day until M could do it all on his own.
Several other owl crafts, like this Cheerio Owl (from SpellOutLoud)
and Handprint Owl (from Making Learning Fun), were made.
G-G also made these super cute Owl Cookies with M.
They were very easy peasy!
Just lay a graham cracker on your plate. Cut a large marshmallow in half, creating two circles. Place them on the cracker. Lay yellow candy melts on the marshmallows, and a chocolate chip on top of that. Microwave for literally 5 seconds, just to make everything stick! They were yummy!
We also made a web of things we do at night...watch fireworks, wear pj's, eat dinner, go to bed, brush teeth, and use a flashlight, were a few of the ideas we came up with.
We studied creatures of the night!!! This was a craft filled week....partly because I needed some fall decorations around here, and partly because M loves anything requiring glue these days!
These owlets were made from toilet paper tubes after reading "Owl Babies"
We painted the tubes brown and pressed down the tops to form the points. We glued on teardrop shaped wings cut from scrapbook paper, and added wiggly eyes and a beak. I am amazed by all the craft ideas on the internet!!!!
We used our foot prints and a toilet paper tube to create a baby bat after reading "Stellaluna".
We completed a nocturnal and diurnal animal sort. We did this each day until M could do it all on his own.
Several other owl crafts, like this Cheerio Owl (from SpellOutLoud)
and Handprint Owl (from Making Learning Fun), were made.
G-G also made these super cute Owl Cookies with M.
Just lay a graham cracker on your plate. Cut a large marshmallow in half, creating two circles. Place them on the cracker. Lay yellow candy melts on the marshmallows, and a chocolate chip on top of that. Microwave for literally 5 seconds, just to make everything stick! They were yummy!
We also made a web of things we do at night...watch fireworks, wear pj's, eat dinner, go to bed, brush teeth, and use a flashlight, were a few of the ideas we came up with.
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