I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving yesterday. We had a busy day, trying to squeeze everything in. We stopped by my mom's house for pie first. I brought her Christmas tree in from the garage (she's a sellout...fake tree, ugh!) for her so she could get to work on setting it up. Then we went to Chris' aunt and uncle's house in Kent for dinner with the Johnsons. We stayed a couple hours and Chris headed up to work and Owen and I went to my dad's. We stayed longer than I'd planned but Owen was having too much fun with the toys Ashley had brought out.So we had a nice, busy day and Owen got to see all his grandparents. At the end of the night when I was rocking him to sleep, I explained what Thanksgiving is and shared all the things I am thankful for. He gave me a sleepy smile when I told him I was thankful he was my baby.
Last night I was also thinking about someone who unintentionally gave me some of the best parenting advice ever. When I was in high school a friend and I went to San Francisco. We were visiting Alcatraz of all places and I saw a mom and dad with a small child and a baby. Mom was holding the baby and the child was pushing the empty stroller. The pavement on Alcratraz is very bumpy and uneven and the child was about to run off a curb with the stroller. The mom started to correct him but the dad pulled her back and said "no, let him learn". I stood and watched. The stroller ended up tipping over and his parents pointed out why. For whatever reason this incident has always been in the back of my mind, and I think it's a great theory for raising kids. Let him learn. (Granted, I don't plan on letting Owen learn the hard way about crossing the street, but you get my drift.) So Mr. Alcatraz Tourist, thank you for that.
I hear Chris stirring upstairs. I believe we are going to brave the after-Thanksgiving shopping madness and buy new cell phones today. I hate my Motorola. I am not thankful for that company at all.
3 comments:
Eric and I are pretty big into the whole "let them learn" theory ourselves. Like when Zane rode the toy down the staircase and scared himself stupid. Won't do that one again, he learned. Not that it was an intentional teaching, but effective just the same!
I think Chris was mostly thankful for the Mint Chocolate Chip cream pie with Cool WHHip. He got to take the entire pie with him! I am thankful for healthy children, parents, family, friends and OWEN!!
Love, Gramma Nan
PS If I didn't have a fake tree, I wouldn't be able to get a live one set up on my own and I'm saving Mandy for raking leaves instead of tromping about for a tree. So, be nice :-)
MOM
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