Letting my family know they are the most important treasure God has given my is the desire of my heart. Yet, at times the broken decor, scattered messes or sibling conflicts get the best of me and I communicate frustration. I remember as a child feeling like an annoyance and a pain in the booty at times. These feelings really hurt. I thought in Where the Wild Things Are they did an excellent job of illustrating this point. You see an energetic little guy who gets on everyones last nerve, and all he wants is to be someones treasure. I believe children knowing their infinite value to mom is an essential message in building a high sense of self worth in our kiddos. To set myself up for success and be able to communicate how special they are to me I am eliminating some of the potential for them to make a mess. All the toys are going in the basement in bins. Each day I will take the kids down and let them pick out a few toys to enjoy. I think this will be a great way to keep their toys new and exciting, alleviate being surrounded with too much and eliminate the mess that sends this mommy into annoyance.
We also just implemented dates with our kiddos to help communicate their value and make them feel honored. On Saturday Cory took Sissy and I took Brother. I let Big Brother pick where ever he wanted to go and of course, he picked the Dinosaur Museum. We had the best time! It was by far my favorite day we have ever had together.
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