The children’s flower garden
This week the kids and I began a flower garden just for them. They helped pick out the shrubs and flowers. They painted their own rocks to put in the bed. They added a flag and sculptures. Each day they are responsible for maintaining their garden by watering it and keeping the weeds out. I’d wanted to also try a small vegetable garden, but I opted out of that one. My fear is that the wild critters would simply eat anything we might be able to grow, so I felt like I was chancing that investment not to mention that’s probably more work for me instead of for them. We’ll just have to frequent the local farmer’s market.
When they won’t cooperate..
Our 5 y/o was to be a lion in a play today by wearing a costume and behaving like a lion. When we arrived, he refused to get dressed, and said he thought it was “dumb”. We discussed his inappropriate behavior and choice of words. He apologized, but he just didn’t want to have strangers looking at him doing something that he really didn’t even want to be doing. So, we sat there watching the other kids act out the play. I decided this was an issue that I just wasn’t going to make an issue. I hope the decision was a wise one. The future will tell..
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