Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Has it really been a decade?

Happy Birthday Christian! We are so grateful for Christian in our family! He has been a wonderful start to our children. He is such a great example to his sisters. He is very calm, quiet, sensitive and has a mind that never stops. He is curious about everything and often says, "I have a question". Many of his questions need to be looked up. One time, I found out that Aaron ran back to the internet, found the answer and then looked real smart that he knew the answer. He loves his cousins and he loves boys! It is such great day for him when he gets to spend some time with dad or with one of his boy buddies. He is a great musician and loves to play the piano. Christian also loves mathmatics, and recently was given the invitation to test out of 5th grade math for next year and start 6th grade math. He has been studying the 5th grade math book this summer so he can do that. He also loves scouts, baseball, basketball and playing video games. He is growning his own pumpkin plant this year and is hoping for a pumpkin by halloween. We love our gentle giant!
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Hollye said...

Christian,
We hope you had a wonderful Birthday!! It was so great to see you! We hope this year to come brings you a ton of fun!!
With Love,
The Other Eller Crew ;0)

June 25, 2009 at 12:43 AM

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Families are Forever!

Families are Forever!
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I sure do love my family!

I sure do love my family!

Our 3 little ones!

Our 3 little ones!
We have been so blessed!!!

My parenting plan!!

I have been thinking a lot lately of what I need to teach my kids to help them become independant physically, spiritually and mentally so when they turn 18 they will be able to survive on their own. The last 9 years has flown by so quickly I can't believe it. Nine more years and my first child will be old enough to be on his own. That is a real wake up call for a mother who hasn't prepared her children for those important days. I realize that I have gone on way to long without a list of what needs to be learned and done by what age so that my kids will not be horrified when they get out into the world alone. So, I've come up with a list of most everything I can think of that would be important for my kids to know and learn and what ages they should be capable. Of course, every child is different and is capable of different things at different ages. Some learn things faster and are more motivated. Others would like to just live in the home cave for the rest of their lives and have no motivation to do any of it. So, I am including my fairly flexible plan. But if you let too many years slip by, you may need to up the work to fit everything in. I got most of my ideas from a very experienced LDS author (Merilee Boyack) who has raised several children successfully! So, hopefully you find this as helpful as I do!