ok, so i am totally that mom and i have no shame. i read katie's diary. and i will continue to read her diary until i decided to no longer read her diary. no, i will not post her secrets. but i will post some of the unending lists she creates. she has always been a list maker. before she could write she would beg me to write lists for her. starting at about age 2 :)
today's lists include 10 things she knows about each person in her family. i will leave her spelling so you can enjoy it also.
daddy
1. he is very silly
2. he is loving
3. he loves softball, baseball
4. he dose not like suprisese (surprises)
5. he loves his family
6. he loves God
7. he likes to read, but not with noesese (noises)
8. when he was a boy he was in many plays
9. he is a great dad
10. he is caring, loving, and lots of other things.
mom
1. she loves her family
2. she is kind, caring, and loving too
3. she likes to read
4. she is funny
5. she is smart
6. she homeschooled me
7. she is 30
8. her will says that we will go to uncle matt and aunt jo
9. she used to work at a camp
10. she is the best mom in the whole world.
julia
1. she is a second born
2. she is kind, loving, silly and lot of other things
3. she loves her family
4. she loves puppies
5. she likes art
6. she wants to go to school
7. she is a go acter
8. she likes to suck her thom (thumb)
9. she is very cute
10. she loves soccer
lucy
1. she is cute
2. she likes puppies
3.she is silly
4. she is learning her ABC's
5. she is 4
6. her favorite color is purple
7. she like to ride her bike
8. she is learning how to swim
9. when someone drinks her drink, she smells it
10. i love her.
anderson
1. he is cute
2. he is two
3. he does not know his colors
4. his bday is march 18th 2009
5. he like hummus
6. he loves dogs
7. he always wants to paint his toes
8. he get out of his bed
9. he always wants to do what we do
10. he has hasle (hazel) eyes
i love these lists because it tells me just how connected katie desires to be in relationships. she is watching. she is taking the time to list and to remember important things about people she loves.
i want my kids to get relationships. i want them to invest in other people not because it's easy or convenient, but because people are the only thing eternal in this world. i want them to love intentionally, and i want them to love well. relationships, ALL relationships, take work. take effort. take discipline. take time. take heart ache. take sacrifice. require selflessness.
our home is the training ground for every other relationship our child will have. how we love, how we interact, how we address sin, conflict, pain, joy, hardship, excitement; together as a family will determine how our children go from here and interact with others.
that is why sibling rivalry, sibling competition, sibling ugliness, sibling gripping, etc.. etc.. is quickly addressed and not allowed here.
what if we all stopped today and wrote a list with ten things about the people that we loved. not ten facts, but ten things that we KNOW about people because we care to watch and take note of them, because we care to be in relationships with other people. my, how we might surprise ourselves!
be relational. people are the only investment that lasts forever.
~s
PS OH, i forgot to add the winner from yesterday.. our couch, candy, sneaker was... drum roll please.... LUCY! :) Steph G. will be receiving some delicious candy :)
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