August 27, 2008

  • Proud Mommy Moments

    Had a couple proud mommy moments today.

    This morning about 10 Rainee announced she wanted to learn how to do a cartwheel.  I have no successfully taught four of my children how to do so....although Kaylin's is still a bit weak, she only learned about a month ago.

    So I started to do it, and she started crying.  She just didn't get it.

    I cuddled her, and told her she didn't "have" to do it.

    She cried some more.

    I sent her to her room.

    When the tears were done she came back and said "Can you help me again?"

    I did...

    She couldn't get it.

    And she started to get teary eyed.

    I called a halt.  I wasn't gonna go the road she'd been an hour earlier.

    Two hours later, she came to me again.  I showed her a third time what to do, and she tried it a few times.  Didn't get it perfect, but I could tell she was finally grasping the beginnings.

    She wandered off without tears.

    An hour later about 5:30 tonight she came and she has it.

    Its not a true cartwheel yet, but its how you begin to do one, and its spot on. 

    If her determination continues it should be a true cartwheel within a week.  A lot of stubborn determination there!!!

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    This evening about 20 minutes ago a good 30 minutes after the kids were sent to bed I took a bite and immediately started choking/coughing/asthma.  My two oldest lept from there beds and ran to check on me.  Zeria grabbed my water, and Sam stood there making sure I was okay, and then began pounding on my back after I asked him to.

    They waited quietly while I attempted to throw up.  And just did everything they could do to help me.

    They could have stayed in bed.  I wasn't dying.  Just coughing.   But I truely appreciated how much they helped me

Comments (3)

  • what a great story about your kids coming to your rescue - they do the darnedest things, don't they? and about the crying, we have the same problems with girl-10 - when she doesn't get (understand) something, she cries about it - we try to stop now before the tears come - congrats to your daughter on not givign up and learning to cartwheel!

  • What wonderful kidlets you have!

  • It is a great feeling to see the proof of what you are trying to do.  Keep up the good work.

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