I try to make the childhood special, with memory and laughter. This is something that I think about a lot, that the childhood goes so quickly. Just look, I have an 11 years old and soon 10 years old at home! Where have the time gone!? And what have I done with their childhood…
I’m not saying that I make every day special in any stretch, but I am trying to make things special that they can remember and that we can talk about later.
Some special moments from this week:
Two days ago, we went out for a walk in the evening, and it was dark, and cold. We walked to the park and Kate had a red-light collar on her, so we saw her so clearly. The boys started to run around playing and having so much fun. Breathing like dragons and chasing each other. Then we saw the Northern Lights. I did not know we were going to see them that early, but we saw them and spent time just looking at the sky and loving the Lord. After a while we walked home, and Gabriel took out his telescope and looked at the moon. It was so quiet. Then we went in and watched on YouTube what Northern Lights really was and ate cake as the last meal of the day. Such a special evening!
Yesterday we bought sweets and looked at a movie together. Maybe you think that this is something normal in your family, but not in ours. We do not really buy sweets often or look at a movie. So, this was so special for us. We looked at “national treasure” and the boys really loved it!
This morning Daniel made pancakes, and we ate that as a nice Saturday breakfast. On the weekends I am trying to do some special breakfast like pancakes, home baked bread or something similar. Just to have a tradition that the boys will remember.
Traditions
I want the boys to remember things that was different from the normal day to day. Like surprises that comes but also traditions that they are looking forward to.
We also have traditions that we are doing every day that I know they will remember. Here is some:
- We always thank the Lord for the food we are eating and all the blessings.
- We read the bible every morning and evening.
- We take Kate on walks together almost every day and that is a time where we are just talking, laughing with no disturbance.
- The boys play the computer every Monday for two hours.
- We almost always have worship on in the background or as a time for worship.
- If its autumn, we pick in leaves and pumpkins to have on the table. We bake pumpkins pie and drink tea. The same with summer and spring, we take in flowers. In the winter, we have candles and nuts on the table.
- Every week we go out on the street to talk to people about the gospel. We do that by giving out leaflets, street preaching, praying for people or something similar. The boys are with on this and they do really like doing it.
If you think about it. You remember those days, the beautiful traditions, or the surprises.
Childhood goes so quick, and we want to enjoy and size it.
SaraIsabella 