The view I love the most.
100th Centennial Cub Scouts!
Our back porch fire pit.
Backyard view. Relaxing.
Working. ?
10.20.2010
Talking to young children about drug & alcohol concerns
Preschoolers
Although 3- and 4-year-olds aren't ready to learn the facts about alcohol or other drugs, they start to develop the decision-making and problem-solving skills they will need later on. You can help them develop those skills in some simple ways.
For instance, let toddlers choose their own clothing and don't worry if the choices don't match. This lets them know you think they're capable of making good decisions. Assign simple tasks and let kids know what a big help they are.
And set a good example of the behavior that you want your kids to demonstrate. This is especially true in the preschool years when kids tend to imitate adults' actions as a way of learning. So, by being active, eating healthy, and drinking responsibly, parents teach their kids important lessons early on.
Ages 4 to 7
Kids this age still think and learn mostly by experience and don't have a good understanding of things that will happen in the future. So keep discussions about alcohol in the present tense and relate them to things that kids know and understand. For example, watching TV with your child can provide a chance to talk about advertising messages. Ask about the ads you see and encourage kids to ask questions too.
Kids are interested in how their bodies work, so this is a good time to talk about maintaining good health and avoiding substances that might harm the body. Talk about how alcohol hurts a person's ability to see, hear, and walk without tripping; it alters the way people feel; and it makes it hard to judge things like whether the water is too deep or if there's a car coming too close. And it gives people bad breath and a headache!
8.24.2010
I believe in Miracles!
Look at this sweet girl. She's a new addition to our family. At times I think the Lord may have made a special request of mine. So we named her Anelie (Anna for short) it means "Grace" in German. Sometimes we have to scramble through the not-so-good-days and then on other days the blessings go on forever...
8.18.2010
Bear Lake's So Nice This Time Of Year!
Our beautiful baby boy (and my best playmate!)
Playing well with each other as always.
I'm still a rock-star and my heart is beating like a jungle drum!
The "cabin". Nice job on the logs babe!8.06.2010
7.13.2010
Yours
You didn't give me your eyes or the color of your hair,
I've climbed the family tree and found there's no one like me there.
Sometimes I've felt like an alien that came from foreign shores...
Look inside my heart, you'll see, I'm yours.
You didn't give me these feet, but you place them on the right path.
You didn't give me this voice, but you taught it how to laugh.
You didn't give me these hands but you taught them to open doors,
Look at who I am , you'll see I'm yours...
You didn't give me these arms, but you gave me a family...to hold.
You didn't give me my body, but you've truly shaped it's soul.
Your love has given me wings and how my spirit soars,
Knowing that I'll always be yours.
Forever and always....I'm yours.
(song by the McLean family)
I've climbed the family tree and found there's no one like me there.
Sometimes I've felt like an alien that came from foreign shores...
Look inside my heart, you'll see, I'm yours.
You didn't give me these feet, but you place them on the right path.
You didn't give me this voice, but you taught it how to laugh.
You didn't give me these hands but you taught them to open doors,
Look at who I am , you'll see I'm yours...
You didn't give me these arms, but you gave me a family...to hold.
You didn't give me my body, but you've truly shaped it's soul.
Your love has given me wings and how my spirit soars,
Knowing that I'll always be yours.
Forever and always....I'm yours.
(song by the McLean family)
7.01.2010
The Journals Of A Boy
I have misplaced my "written" journal. Now where could it be?
I'm keeping track really for myself, but if you're inclined to read, do it! These are the simple journal entries that I might forget if I don't write them about my boy.
Juvenile Jargon:
Ear Egg = formally known as an earache.
Gorilla Bar = formally known as granola bar.
Just this morning, my 4 year old wants to sleep instead of getting up for school. He's not even a teen yet. As mothers do, I took the covers off exposing his warm cuddly skin to the harsh a/c temperature of a basement. After failed attempt, I picked him up out of his bed in which he proceeded to smack me on the chest and telling me to put him back in his bed "NOW". Honestly, what child tells their mother "now"? At least I didn't have to resort to the cold bucket of water... After his futile resistance, he conceded and asked for some chocolate milk and watch one of his "shows". Our children don't have any concept of the television prior to the ability to record our favorite shows. If it would have worked in the early 80s, we wouldn't have been stuck watching the President ON EVERY CHANNEL.
I'm keeping track really for myself, but if you're inclined to read, do it! These are the simple journal entries that I might forget if I don't write them about my boy.
Juvenile Jargon:
Ear Egg = formally known as an earache.
Gorilla Bar = formally known as granola bar.
Just this morning, my 4 year old wants to sleep instead of getting up for school. He's not even a teen yet. As mothers do, I took the covers off exposing his warm cuddly skin to the harsh a/c temperature of a basement. After failed attempt, I picked him up out of his bed in which he proceeded to smack me on the chest and telling me to put him back in his bed "NOW". Honestly, what child tells their mother "now"? At least I didn't have to resort to the cold bucket of water... After his futile resistance, he conceded and asked for some chocolate milk and watch one of his "shows". Our children don't have any concept of the television prior to the ability to record our favorite shows. If it would have worked in the early 80s, we wouldn't have been stuck watching the President ON EVERY CHANNEL.
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