So here lately the kids have really been keeping me entertained with some of the things they have been saying. Here are some of the more entertaining things:
-We were driving through a part of town that the kids 'Godmother Katie used to live in so I said "this is the neighborhood that Katie used to live in." Rykin then repeated, "Katie used to live in the hood?"
-Travis has been growing his winter beard, and told the kids that he won't shave until after calves are born in Februrary/March. Rykin has been telling us "Daddy isn't going to cut his 'sugars' until baby calves are born." (He halls Travis's whiskers 'sugars' because Travis's mom has a cat named Sugar...who has whiskers)
-Jayden sings Miranda Lambert's song "Fastest Girl in Town" that's main course is "Ain't your baby!" Instead Jayden says "Hate your baby!"
Well, these cute little moments are obviously adorable, and entertaining, and definitely noted in their baby books, but after reading an article it got me thinking about how simple they see life and how I don't need to be so quick to correct their perceptions of things the hear and see!
I recently read an article about kids and friendships they build. The thing in the article that struck me the most was where a child psychologist said, the most important thing was to ensure parents were setting an example of friendship by showing respect to your child's point of view (a key function of friendship), this struck me because honestly I ofter feel like I am so involved in "teaching" my kids things, I don't just slow down and listen to their perspective. So after reading this article, and thinking back on the way my kids so innocently view things I made a new vow to myself to pay better attention to these things, respect them, discuss and move on. I love little "ah-ha'' moments like this that make me think about my natural tendencies and yet seem so common sense in the big picture.
