Thankful!

Trying new things with my kids all the time. Especially thankfulness. So now at bedtime along with prayer, good parts and bad parts of your day, we are adding thankfulness. Tonight before bed:

Bill: Emily not being sick anymore

Crystal: My four babies & Jesus

Isaiah: Turkey

Angel: My new princess notebook

Emily: Memory Match game & Jesus

Thomas: Movies

We were only supposed to pick one thing but Emily and I both wanted to make sure our two things were in there tonight for our first night of what we are thankful for.

Can't wait to hear what they come up with from now on. The good parts of their day and bad parts of their day challenges me at times to be a better mom, a better listener and have conversations with my children that I may not have had otherwise. It has been known to make me cry a time or two as well. Mostly the good parts are every part of their day besides when they were feeling sick or got in trouble. :) Although I have heard "My bad part was because I missed you when you were working or when I was at school", or "I really miss great-grandpa, Can he come back here from heaven yet?" Challenging me to have real-life conversations with my babies that I may not have otherwise gotten to do on a daily basis. I love my children with all I have and want to make sure they know they are very important to me. I also want them to be able to tell me all about what is going through their heads.