STOP TO SMELL THE ROSES

After a lovely holiday away in Surfers Paradise with my family I am back into Polkadots action . . . well, I'm trying to anyway! I am of the firm belief that you need at least two days to recover and get back into routine after a holiday, especially when a child is involved. Unpacking, laundry, grocery shopping, catching up on e-mails, you name it... there are a million things to

do and in amoungst it all, trying to entertain your child so that he knows he is still the centre of the your world!

All of this sparked my BLOG thoughts for today. . . because as I was going about my business, trying to get life back in order, Ashton's baby chatter calls for attention were getting louder and louder. It was at this point I reaslised how quickly our babies and children get caught up in our crazy adult lives. They have no choice but to go with the flow . . . of course we can't stop doing everything and just play with our children 24/7 - BUT! we can stop every now and then to give them pockets of quality time. And if we really think smart we can work our role as teacher to our children in with our role of 'whatever else'. You could take a 15 minute walk (exercise) with your child and stop to smell the flowers. While preparing afternoon tea, talk with your child about the seeds you discovered inside an apple. While reading a bed time story stop half way through the story and ask them to make up a new ending using their imagination. Make the

every day ordinary adult crazy daily life moments... extraordinary. You just need to take a few seconds to think "How can I make this moment a teaching moment?"

We are meant to be teaching our children about our world, preparing them to take on the world and enjoy it. Kids are all about having fun, so if you can find ways to teach your child in ordinary day to day tasks, your crazy day will become a lot more FUN!