Children

I had the privilege to watch my friends 3 children tonight and I was glad I did. I had a great time with these kids and they really love spending time with me as well. the 2 girls had a blast hanging around me and joking and playing around, while the young boy spent most of the evening playing video games in the front room. The girls and I would go outside every now and then and they would ride their bikes and scooters while I stood around and watched and even joined in playing with them every now and then. We even drew a hopscotch grid on the driveway even though I messed up with the order that they were suppose to be drawn in, which is not surprising since hopscotch was a game I hardly played growing up. Their Grandma came by in the afternoon to take the girls to a Japanese festival here in town for a few hours leaving just the boy and I by ourselves for a time. We ordered some pizza and cheese sticks and spent that time on the internet and playing video games until the girls returned. The girls had a great time with their grandma at the festival and even brought home some drawing that they had done there. The youngest girl passed out on the couch a short time later while the older 2 noticed that I was playing a game on myspace and came over to watch me play that for a while. They were very curious about that game and another game that I was playing on the website and asked me many questions about how it was played and they caught on really quick to the rules of both games. Shortly after that the younger girl curled up and fell asleep in a recliner and the boy went back to playing his video games until it was time for him to go to bed. All in all we all had a really great night and it makes me very happy that I get along with kids really well and that most of the time they will listen to what I tell them when I have to get on to them, which with these 3 was not very often. I have always loved kids even though I have never been blessed with any of my own yet. I guess it's because I will always be a kid at heart myself, but that doesn't mean I don't know how to be a stern adult when I have to be. One of the greatest things I have learned over the years when i have to discipline a child is to never yell or get angry at the child no matter how unruly they become but to calmly talk to them in a civilized manner. That is one thing that a lot of parents seem to have forgotten how to do these days, they are so quick to fly off the handle and yell and scream at their kids that they do more damage than if they just talked to their kids. I admit I do sometimes get angry but I make sure to never take it out on the kids in any way because that just defeats the purpose of discipline in the first place. I truly hope that some day I will be blessed with being able to have kids of my own that I can raise to carry on my family name and ways. Until that time I will enjoy spending time with my nephews and watching my friends kids whenever I am needed.