“Positive Parenting Tips” newsletter December

Inspiring Quotes:

"If you can't be kind, at least be vague."
- Judith Martin

"If your mind isn't open, keep your mouth shut too."
- Sue Grafton

"Dance like no one's watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like no one's listening, live like it's heaven on earth."
- William Pukey

Kids Activities:

Not only do kids of all ages love to play games, games are a creative and inexpensive way to entertain children. With a little imagination you will soon have them making up their own games!

Whether you're looking for birthday party games or just something to keep the little ones busy for a little while, I think you'll find these games easy to learn and fun for all ages.

PARROT GAME

Divide guests into two equal groups, one is the Pirates, the other the Parrots.

The parrots are very, very grouchy and are not permitted to smile. The pirates can do anything they like to get the parrots to laugh.

The parrots can only respond parrot-style - if they think they can without crackering-er, I mean cracking - up!!! You might make one of the rules that parrots must answer any questions in "parrot-speak" only.

The last parrot to keep a straight face is the winner.

BABY BOTTLE GAME

Before the party, prepare a baby bottle with a new clean nipple for each guest.

Fill each bottle with 1 ounce of water and make sure the water runs out of each bottle at the same rate of speed.

At a signal, each contestant tries to drink the water the fastest. The first one to finish is the winner.

Imagine what great pictures you'll get with this one!

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Easy Kids Recipe:

Rudolph the Reindeer

1/4 c Peanut butter; creamy
2 slice Whole wheat bread
16 Raisins
4 Cherries
16 Pretzels; twist style

Spread peanut butter on bread slices and cut each slice into four triangles.

Turn triangles so point is down, then place two raisins in center for eyes.

Cut cherry in half and place one half at bottom point for nose.

Break twist pretzels to make antlers and place at upper two corners.

Variation: Turn pretzel down near nose to make cats with whiskers.

Child Arts & Crafts Activities:

Grass Mat

Supplies: Grass, dandelions, clovers, transparent contact paper and scissors.

Directions: Cut contact paper into two equal lengths, let children gather grass, clovers, dandelions or anything you would like. The more flattened the object are, the better.

Remove the backing from one side of the contact paper, have children place their collection on the sticky side.

Make sure you leave spaces in between the plants, and plenty of empty space around the edges for the contact sheets to be able to connect & glue together.

Cover with the remaining piece of contact paper, press both sheets together and trim them to desired size.

The mats can be used as table mats, pictures, or even “stained glass” pictures up against your window glass.

Other objects can be collected like pictures from magazines, photos, lace – ribbon - buttons, painted handprints, feathers, small seeds & coloured ground spices, and can be placed like a themed collage or decoupage for fast results and longer life keepsakes.

Daisy Chain

Supplies: Daisies with stems, small stick
Directions: Push the stick through the stem of the first daisy (or simply split the stem with your fingernail). You want to create a hole in the stem just large enough to thread another stem through it.
Take another daisy and thread its stem through the hole in the first daisy. Continue adding daisies until your daisy chain is the desired length. You can connect the ends to make daisy chain bracelets or necklaces.

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A-B-C Journal is a Way to Get Kids Ready for Bed

Sticking to a bedtime routine with kids is difficult any time of year, but summer months challenge every parent no matter how hard you try! "Oh, Mom, just one more . . . pleeeze?" is a standard plea every evening, whether begging to take another bike ride around the block or to watch the final innings of a baseball game on TV. You know the routine. When your 5-year-old gets to bed too late, the whole family suffers the next day from his sleep deprivation.

Here's a great idea to solve the bedtime-blues dilemma: Make a summertime "ABC Journal." While it still may be hard to get your child inside on bright summer nights, this project is a great "wind-down" activity your child will look forward to.

To make the ABC Journal, pick up a medium-size spiral notebook, pens, colored pencils, crayons, markers, stickers and a glue stick. Corral the items in a large, zipper-style plastic bag or cloth tote bag.

On the cover of the notebook, your child can print "MY BEDTIME JOURNAL" or "ALL ABOUT MY DAY." Rather than organizing the journal by the days of the week, write one letter of the alphabet at the top of each page, beginning with A and ending with Z.

At bedtime, discuss with your child the events of the day. Through the conversation, your child will recollect special moments that can be noted and illustrated in the journal. For example, if your cat had kittens, print "kittens" on the "K" page. Then, using the art supplies and stickers, create a picture to illustrate the event or activity.

If you have souvenirs from an outing that day, glue a ticket stub, program or picture to the page. Mom, Dad or an older sibling may write the date of the entry at the bottom of each page.

As the summer days go by, your child may enjoy sharing the journal with siblings, friends or a visiting grandparent. You might also want to save it for a great show-and-tell item when school starts in the fall, then tuck it away as a keepsake to be enjoyed in years to come.

Other ideas:

Pages can tear out of a spiral notebook with no way to put them back. If I were creating an A-B-C Journal, I would use a colorful 3-ring binder with 3-hole loose-leaf paper. That way if the holes tear you can buy hole reinforcements and put them back together.

If you are not familiar with these reinforcements, they look like little flat donuts that have adhesive on the underside. You place them over the torn hole on each side of the paper and you have a new, secure hole you can re-insert into your binder.

Using loose-leaf paper also will allow you to add sheets, if necessary, to a lettered page (i.e., "C" for Cat or "K" for kitten), which can fill up quickly over the summer.

Include in your journal each day what your cat did that day that was funny or especially cute or sweet.

Glue pictures you took of your cat or draw a picture of a funny thing your cat did, or of a new toy you bought for your cat that day.

And, finally, if your cat did have kittens, I am sure there will soon be a page devoted to your trip to the vet to get her "fixed"!

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Editor’s notes & humour:

Predictability

If asking couples the factors involved in the demise of their relationship, one of the common responses is that everything in the relationship is so predictable.

When rebuilding a relationship, do not be afraid of letting go of boredom. If you normally hate the fact that Saturday afternoons consist of your mate sitting for hours watching football, fix some finger sandwiches and something cool to drink and go join them on the couch, or if your mate spends hours in the garden trying to make things look perfect, surprise them with a new flowering plant, and then help to plant it.

When taking a walk with your mate, stop and give them a soft kiss, say, “I love you,” and then keep walking. Take some chances and do the unexpected.

Lighten Up

Often when couples have gone through or are going through some bumpy spots in their relationship, things tend to get serious. It could be that there is a tremendous amount of tension or perhaps they are not sure what to say.

Regardless of the reason, learn to lighten up. Do not take every comment, glance, or movement as a serious problem. If your mate makes a mistake, which you both will, let it go, or if appropriate, laugh about it.

If you make a mistake, do not be afraid to poke fun at yourself. This will automatically start the process of tension breaking.

DID YOU EVER WONDER ...

Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why you never see the headline, "Psychic Wins Lottery"?

Why is "abbreviated" such a long word?

Why doctors call what they do "practice"?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavor, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

How come you never see mouse-flavored cat food?

Why didn't Noah swat those two mosquitoes?

Do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don't they make the whole plane out of that stuff?!

Do sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

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