Wordless Wednesday

She sees the slide..

Up she goes! She climbed up all be herself. About fifteen times to be exact.

Remembering Maddie

My heart is breaking for little Maddie and her parents Heather & Mike. I can't even begin to imagine the pain they must be going through. For those of you who haven't read about this beautiful little girl please visit March for Maddie. Her parents have written a beautiful speech and put together the video below. Please make sure you have a box of Kleenex handy.

A tribute to Maddie.


The Tribute to Our Madeline from Mike and Heather on Vimeo.

Music

Our house has always been full of music. Lately though, there are a couple of songs which are sure to be heard more often then others. The first one has given me a bad case of ear worms thanks to C singing it morning, noon and night. She goes through phases.
Day O was the pick for the months of January, February and the first half of March. This has been the favorite since then.


The second is one which my husband and I sing most days. C has been joining in as well. Her favorite lines are "Why oh why, oh why??" and "Dreams come true, RIGHT NOW!" Adorable? Oh yes.

Now let me just set the record straight, I am NOT by any means a good singer! I love to sing, just as long as no one is listening :). My dear husband on the other hand is a great singer. By great I mean amazing. Truly the man has a voice that can melt hearts and bring tears to your eyes.

The lyrics to this beautiful song are filled with so much hope and meaning and one of my all time favorites.

The third is one has been one of my husband's favorites for years now.


And now, for the song that pretty much sums it all up for me. Love this one.

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The year of the baby!

A couple of weeks ago, one of my childhood friends gave birth to a beautiful baby girl! So very excited and happy for them. Our daughters are three months apart; it is just too bad we live so far apart. Hoping to visit them sometime next month when we go down south.

Speaking of babies, is it just me or does it seem as though everyone is either pregnant or just had a baby recently? Everywhere I look there is a stroller being pushed or a mama with a baby belly. Its the year or the baby!

Just finished a post on baby-wearing, also holding a giveaway for breastfeeding mamas!

Rant

Last week I attended a large playgroup with C and A in a nearby town. I was surprised to see how rude and obnoxious some of the kids were. Now although I think it is important for my kids to be social with other children and to attend various activities and playgroups, I don't want them to pick up bad behavior at the same time.

C doesn't understand the whole "mine" aspect. When we arrived, C picked up a little plate and some plastic grapes out of the toy box and a little girl came up to her and snatched the grapes out of her hands. C in turn smiled, handed her the plate and went to look at the other toys. This happened a few times with different children and different toys. It wasn't only with C, they were behaving this way with each other. There was another little girl there (around three years old), playing with a toy car at one end of the room and at the other end, a little boy was riding around on a little tricycle. As soon as the three year old caught sight of the boy on the bike, she started to cry and scream at the top of her lungs. Her mother comforted her and asked the boy if she could play with the bike!

Another example: C wanted to climb up the ladder to go down one of the plastic slides they had set up. As we walked up towards the ladder, one of the children pushed C out of the way and went down the slide. C smiled and waved at her as she slid down. This happened 2 more times with the same child and another little boy. After the third time, C didn't want to try anymore and walked away. There were many more instances like this throughout the hour we were there. Now am I wrong for wanting to shield my daughter from these influences? I do understand that she will have to go through this at some point or another but isn't 2 1/2 years old a little young to be experiencing this behavior?

The mothers were too busy gossiping to tend to their children; bad mouthing teachers, parents and their husbands. One of my biggest pet peeves are couples who bad mouth each other in public. I can't stand it!

Now, I've been to a couple of playgroups before which were lovely. I don't expect children to be perfectly behaved at all times, how could anyone? Children will be children, but that kind of behavior is not something I wish my daughter to be subject to. My husband and I work hard enough at trying to teach her values and good behavior; I don't want our efforts to be undone within an hour!

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I asked the Mennonites permission before taking these photos. C is in LOVE with the horses :).