Water Day fun

For some people going to the pool is not an option. There may not be a pool close or it may cost to much if you have a big family. So you can create your own water day at home that will be a memorable experience. Here is what you can do.
Save ketshcup bottle that are plastic and rinse them out well. These will be used for squirting. Buy a few inexpensive squirt bottles as well. A package of water balloons costs about a dollar as well. Fill them up and add them to a bucket that has water in it.
Old margarine containers work great at throwing water as well. Have plenty of small and large containers available.
Fill a pool up as well if you have one on hand. Then set up your area. Keep a hose handy so you can refill the pool if needed. Grab yoru suits and start throwing water balloons and pails of water at eachother. THis is so much fun.

Animals with children

It is a good idea for children to have a pet. It does not matter if it is a cat, a dog, a rabbit, a salamader, a frog, a lizzard, a fish. Even a hermit crab. Any animal will teach the child so much. It will learn to help make them responsible. They can help by feeding the animal every day. Or by giving it fresh water. When a child is old enough it could scoop the litter boxes after you have properly taught them how. Or they could join you in taking the dog for a walk.
Children with pets at home will find joy in playing with the animals. If the dog or cat meets them by the door at night after school they may think that it is neat and special like the pet has been waiting for them all day. It is a great way for them to releive their stress and a playmate if they do not have anyone else to play with.

Homemade peanut butter

A really fun activity to do with children is to make some homemade peanut butter. Most children love peanut butter anyway so this will surely be a fun activity for them to do.
Begin by washing every one’s hands and then shelling some peanuts. You may need quite a few peanuts to make enough peanut butter depending on how many children or how big your family is. Toss the shelled peanuts in one bowl and the shells in another for easy clean up.
When all the peanuts have been shelled, add them to the blender. Then add some oil. For every cup of peanuts used, you will need one to two tablespoons of oil. Blend away. You can decide if you want crunchy peanut butter or smooth peanut butter. If some children want crunchy and others want smooth, then blend until it is chunky then take some out and blend the rest to be smooth. Children will love helping with this activitity.

advise: try to be a responsible parents

From what I saw everyday life, many people aren’t ready to be a parent. After they have their babies, they won’t take the full responsibility to nurture their babies well. Instead, they kept on drinking; gambling; and cheating with other ladies. This type of environment aren’t suitable for their children when they grow up. This is not the ideal places for our future generation to be around.

Try to be a responsible parent. Providing the basic needs to your children. Parent’s love is one of the most important thing you need to give to your children. Without parent’s love, they felt lonely, lost, and empty. If you really love your children, you should be able to do the sacrifice, and do all you can make them to be happy. Don’t you agree? A friend of mine, she has her new – born baby for three months. Her boyfriend went away while she was pregnant. He didn’t want to be a burdened father I guess. She had shed many tears for that, but somehow she manage it. Sometimes, she kept on drinking and let her baby to her mother. That is not a good behavior after all. Many of us have depression, but we all try our best to make ourselves happy. Hopefully, she get through all the tough times, and raise her child good.

adult conversation

when i was a kid, i was not allowed by my parents to join an adult conversation. its either they leave me to go somewhere where they could talk out of earshot or they would ask me to go out of the room.
now that i am a parent, i dont allow my kids from joining in adult chitchat. why? because you as a parent should furnish an explanation about the conversation and honestly, kids are not that smart to absorb all these knowledge. so why make things hard for you and your kids when you can always talk discreetly with your adult friends.

Born from the Heart

Mothers day is fast approaching. In a few weeks time more mothers are going to celebrate this special day together with their sons and daughters. But I want to give my best appreciation to those mothers who does not given birth to any child but still manages to portray the role of a mother. These are the poster mothers and those who adopted a child and raise them to their very best.

Imaginehow could they love and treat the child as thier own flesh and blood? That alone is such a miracle for me. Its something not easy to do. Loving a child who does not come out into your womb and yet you also need to feed, clothe and nurture them. This is such a selfless sacrifice.

With these kind of moms there are lots of children being helped to have a home. To raise a good life. Though if we can able to talk to some of the adopted child we still got some answers/responses like they are not happy with their adoptive parents. Probably its because they still wanted to meet their real moms. It’s no question about that but we should also appreciate those efforts that an adoptive parents do for them.

I remember this local movie that was so good reflection of a poster mothers and I think watching this on a mothers day will really a good idea. It was called “Bahay-Kubo” It’s so touchy and even you are not adopted child or poster mother you will be able to relate to the story as well.

Just want to say that not all mothers have really given birth there are some who become mother by their heart! HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

May Day

May Day is coming up. I used to love May First. We would always make May Day baskets and take them to our friends and cousins house. That was such fun. I am not sure if all places across the US do this. My boyfriend had never heard of it before he met me.
An easy way to make a cute may day basket is to save the shell formers from Aztec salad bowls. Let your kids decorate them up with markers and stickers. Then place some pop corn in the bottom of them. One could use any type of pop corn you have on hand. Little kids may like cheese popcorn or carmel corn. Then add some little candies, such as tootsie rolls or even tootsie pops. I have also added little Debbie snacks to them and little cookies that are prepackaged. Really the possibilties are endless if you think about it. Fruit snacks make a great addition as well.

Teenage Problems

Dealing with your teen’s issues might not be the easiest thing to do, especially if you don’t know what you are doing. There are a few key things to keep in mind when dealing with those problems.
It is very important that you listen to everything they have to say, and make them feel like you are always there to listen to them if they happened to have any problems. Never ignore them. Problems are generally easier to deal with if they are still small, so listen to what they have to say and be completely open minded, regardless of the issue.
Problems don’t just go away, they just escalate.

Ways of identifying if you teenager has problems:
• He/she has lost a significant amount of weight
• They lack in motivation
• Low self-esteem
• He/she is having a hard time sleeping at night
• Lack of care about on goings
• Lower grades
• Decreased concentration levels
• Getting in trouble at school

There is always a reason to everything, so be ready to listen to what your teenagers have to say. We were all once teenagers, you might have forgotten a few things, that is why you have resources you can view on the web and books at local libraries.

Baby Book

Scrapbooking is such a fun activity to do. Since this was just all the stuff you want to compile from the receipts to photos and some inputs of words and art designs will make your book a good one.

I was just new to this hobby and I was trying to compile into my scrapbook all the first memories of my baby. It’s actually like those baby books that we can buy ready made, though with a personal touch. I also try to put all the photos to make the memory more nice to look back.

My plan is to keep on doing this till my baby can able to relate to all the memoirs that I put in it. I also plan to give to her on her birthday someday.

So if you plan to have a good time with your child and wants them to encourage into arts this is a fun thing to do.

Fears of a New Moms

I think it was just natural to all new moms to have fears. Just like me when I first knew that I am conceiving I experienced lots of fears. From the foods that I eat up to the moment that i will able to hold my baby.

Before I was thinking what if I ate this and it was not good for my baby? What if I move wrong? Will i hurt my baby inside my womb? But the very common fear was how will I going to deliver my baby?

For nine months I was having those fears. I am trying to ignore those fears but as my maturity date comes the fears got more bigger. I even asked some rediculous questions on my husband regarding my fears which makes him laugh.

But now looking back then I can’t still consider that I don’t have fears anymore. I am just starting to become a mother and I know I still have long roads to travel but one fear that is coming out on my mind is that will I ever give my baby the best care, nurturing and good future that she deserve?

What I do to conquer these fears was to read lots of magazines regarding parenthood. I even browse and join some sites that is for mothers. In this way I can exchange some of my experiences and ask some advices. Talking to my mother also helps a lot.

I know you too have fears you just have to know how to handle it well and don’t let your fear rule your life.

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