Helping with Supper

Tearing lettuce for salad...
and enjoying it!:)

3/31/11

Helping His Sister

I love to see Caedmon taking care of his sister! I told them they had to finish the food on their plate if they wanted a treat, but Carys didn't want anything to do with those veggies, so Caedmon decided to help her out. And sure enough, she ate them all with his help!

It always does my heart good to see Caedmon emulating the good things I do. Too often I see myself in his negative behavior. I don't want to be a parent that needs to say "do as I say and not as I do." And when I hear Caedmon raise his voice and I ask him to use a gentle voice, I realize that he's only copying what he hears.:/

So when he decided to help his sister get a treat by feeding her, first of all, it warmed my heart to see him loving his sister in this way and secondly, he was doing what he'd seen me do for him. It was encouraging for me to realize that along with some of the negative things I do, there are positive as well. Parenting is tough!

Helping Mama

7/22/10

"Caedmon Help Mama"

I hear this phrase often from my little man. It's not always a good thing, in my perspective anyway. :) I walked away for a minute and turned around to find this. He didn't do too badly! And she didn't seem to mind.

Helping and Watching

Caedmon helped daddy make smoothies while Carys watched; wishing, I'm sure, that she could get in on the action!

Homemade Applesauce

Mmmm mmm good! We picked a bushel or so of apples and made applesauce with most of them. I've saved some for apple pie, apple bundt cake, and just for eating.

Caedmon helping - we threw the apple cores out for the deer

Produce From Our Garden

I made spaghetti sauce with our tomatoes. I got about four quarts. Look forward to trying it! Still have some more tomatoes to pick, but I'm afraid the cold has been too much for them.:/