What It's Really Like To Do A Craft With A Toddler

Truth be told I am addicted to doing crafts and baking with my kids. I feel it's a time I truly focus on them and it's great bonding! 

Someone once told me that the hardest thing for a parent is to let go of control and have your kids do something without us expecting them to do it the way we want them to do it. That's a lot harder then one would think. When it comes to crafts I cringe at times but try my best for them to do it on their own. THEIR way. 

Well Wednesdays are my day off and this morning I decided to make more Minion Valentine's with my soon to be three year old. She's pretty independent and likes my help to a point but really attempts to do everything on her own. Needless to say there was a lot of " oh no, ugh, mamma help, oh nice" coming out of her mouth. This is her craft:

When she wasn't looking I fixed them all. 

What can I say...I am not ready to fully let go of control!

Change Your Thinking

It was one of those days when the dryer wasn't working right and the dishwasher was making a funny noise. At one point the fridge light blew and I didn't hear it running. Great I thought what else is going to break. Then remembered the healing code. A book my sister gave to me and I meditated. 

My night ended at a school event. It was nice to have a break from cooking and mingle with the parents. The last raffle was a free hotel room. My daughter started to cry that she had not won anything. I turned to her and said look at it like this you got to hang with your friends and enjoy some nice pasta. And then the raffle number was called. It was our ticket. The last ticket we checked. We won the free hotel room for a night. 

Now was it luck. Maybe but it also had to do with changing how we think. See every situation has a plus and minus to it. Every day has good and bad in it. But when you change the way you think positive things happen. 

Advantages To Not Sleeping Alone

This is a nice way to look at your children climbing into your bed. In my case it's practically almost every night so if this is true my kids should live to be 100!