We met a friend and her girls at Wheeler Farm today & Jacob did not want stop playing with his Legos to get ready....this is nothing new! I finally convinced him to put on a shirt & jeans - then told him he looked like a cowboy....he loved that :). After getting on his boots & his cowboy jacket I asked him to come in the bathroom so I could do his hair.
As I was wetting down his hair to put in the gel, he asked me, "Mom, do cowboys have handsome hair?"
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I was getting something out of the oven for dinner & was in a rush so I quickly grabbed the food and ended up burning my finger. I pulled back and said "Oh fetch!". Jacob piped up from his chair asking what is a fetch? I told him it was a word used when upset & he replied with, "But I don't know what it means! You can't use a word I don't know!" He was very upset about it & repeated a few times that he needed to know the word, and I shouldn't use a word that he doesn't know and can't use. I apologized & he finally calmed down and we moved towards dinner.
That incident helped me remember that as his mother (a parent & adult), I need to always watch my words & actions - because I am being watched. My children watch what I say & do all the time, and my example is one of the foundations that is helping set their life. It was a perfect way to remember to watch my words and only say things that are nice and that I am happy to have my children repeat. :)
As I was wetting down his hair to put in the gel, he asked me, "Mom, do cowboys have handsome hair?"
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I was getting something out of the oven for dinner & was in a rush so I quickly grabbed the food and ended up burning my finger. I pulled back and said "Oh fetch!". Jacob piped up from his chair asking what is a fetch? I told him it was a word used when upset & he replied with, "But I don't know what it means! You can't use a word I don't know!" He was very upset about it & repeated a few times that he needed to know the word, and I shouldn't use a word that he doesn't know and can't use. I apologized & he finally calmed down and we moved towards dinner.
That incident helped me remember that as his mother (a parent & adult), I need to always watch my words & actions - because I am being watched. My children watch what I say & do all the time, and my example is one of the foundations that is helping set their life. It was a perfect way to remember to watch my words and only say things that are nice and that I am happy to have my children repeat. :)
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