One of the great privileges we have as parents is giving to our children. Seeing the elated look on our children's faces when they open a present gives us a rush. But an even bigger thrill comes when our children get that same rush watching others enjoy gifts, especially ones they gave.
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Leave it to toddler story time to help me figure out the meaning of life. As I was sitting with my two year old listening to the storyteller read a Thanksgiving story to a room full of squirmy toddlers, all I kept thinking about was how thankful I am to not be a kindergarten teacher anymore. Don’t get me wrong, I loved teaching kindergarten, but now that I have my own little ones I am more than happy to let somebody else exert that kind of energy. It was nice to be in the audience for once, and I enjoyed hearing the story from a child’s perspective.
Isn’t it funny how your perspective changes on everything once you become a parent? Halloween is the perfect example. As a kid, you never ever think twice about trick or treating, you just do it! It’s FUN! It’s a rite of passage in our country to do the trick or treating thing. From a kid’s perspective, it’s all about getting as much loot as possible, counting and sorting it when you get home, comparing with your siblings and then hiding it. At least that’s how it was for us.