The calls...

The other day Kendi goes for a longcall and she suddenly yells – Po-op come out!!!!!!  The rest of us at the living room burst out laughing- she must have been having constipation!

Still on this topic- my girls are funny. They are always competing on who poops' the biggest and the most! And either the Dad or I have to be the referee. They always shout – Mum/ dad, I have poopd’ a BIG one! Come and see…! before we even get there, the either sister  has already arrived at the site to witness if what she can see is bigger than her previous download...yikes!

I ask Kendi to go and pee, and she replies  – "Mum I am okay- pee is still sleeping". Meaning she is not ready to go for a short call. Alah!

Thankful for

We are thankful today for life.

We are thankful for knowing the author of life. He knits everything together! His name be praised forever and ever!

"You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed. How precious are your thoughts about me, O God. They cannot be numbered! I can’t even count them; they outnumber the grains of sand! And when I wake up, you are still with me! Psalms 139: 16-18

Positive reinforcement

Since the opening of schools, our sweet Tana has not been very warm with her teachers. At some point we did not know what to do, but we know that she takes time to warm up to people. I tend to think she is melancholic- though I guess it is still very early for us to conclude that. They say melancholics' take time to develop friends ships, but once they have you for a friend..You are lucky because they are super loyal! Well, she takes that kind of character sometimes.

So for some time, we took this behavior with the teacher as being stubborn, because it came on and off depending on the side of bed she woke up from (moods). So at some point we told her that if she continues to do so, she would start receiving spanks. The girl did not change at all.

I am sure some of you must be thinking- are the teachers good? Yes they are. They are wonderful, knowing them at a personal level, they bless our lives and those of our children. I would not fault them, they worked extra hard to warm up to Tana, and they were not understanding why Tana is so not warming up to them, at some point i cousld see them wondering why she is so different from Kendi. Yes she is, they are all different, speacial and unique in their own ways.

Eventually, we decided to change strategy. The stickers came in handy and a lot of encouragement. We told her how the teachers love her and they are working very hard to be her friend, and any day she would hug them, it turned the whole house to a celebration mood. The girl has suddenly changed, she adores her teachers.

Recently, Kendi and Tana plucked flowers in our compound, carried them gently in the car, all the way to school to give their teachers. Honesty, I could see the tears in the eyes of their teachers’, just the appreciation from two little girls, who in small ways are saying – we love you teachers and we appreciate you.

What I have learnt is that we need to be sensitive to our children and when one way does not work let is try out another to reach out to them, they are not a homogenous group and our heavenly  father has a way of helping  us know just how to go about this. 

How could she?

I am always of the opinion that if I get myself in a situation that eventually gets messy – I ask myself “What could I have done better?’.

I like to choose the path of being responsible and appreciating that if a situation did not turn out right,  I also contributed to a great extent, if not fair of contribution. If I can make amends – I pursue peace.

I have observed keenly, especially with my children; In case I question Kendi on anything - she will be quick to say-“its Tana this or that” and if I question Tana- She is always quick to say- “its Kendi this or that”.

I have realized that owning up to our responsibilities is one of the key issues that people like to dodge. Like Adam we like to say “it is the woman you gave me”….meaning had God not created Eve, Adam would not have sinned. What if Adam said –God, I failed as a leader. I am sorry, I did not follow instructions…..well, I am not sure how the rest of the story would have been.

But mine this Mums Monday is to challenge us to own up to our responsibilities and teach our children the same. We must always be willing to admit that we contribute to life situations either positively or negatively.  

I am of the opinion that selfishness highly contributes to pride and hence the question – How could he or How could she? By the time we are asking such a question, what we are inevitably saying is that – I stand right, I stand righteous while the other persons is to be judged and condemned.

I am challenging myself this week to own up to my responsibilities -please join me Mums and lets teach our children the same.

When we teach them, one day this might be said of them;

“Then the other administrators and high officers began searching for some fault in the way he was handling government affairs, but they couldn't find anything to criticize or condemn. He was faithful, always responsible, and completely trustworthy”

That’s was Daniels version of who He was – what's yours and what are your children becoming?

Dad will give you Piriton

So the other day Kendi noticed a scratch on my face, it’s actually a mark that that I acquired when I was a child. I fell on a hot jiko, that is the version according to my Mum.

Kendi was so sympathetic and inquired so much about the small mark.

She then told me “I am so sorry Mum, Dad will give you Piriton"

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The other day I asked Tana to give me a push to the door, I was leaving the house headed to the office

She literary placed her hands on my back and pushed me out. 

Talk of literal understanding of the word push!

God bless these girls- they just make my day!