We had a great Father's Day celebration. You can see my son was thrilled with his meal. Today I was provoked a bit by Fruit in Season's blog regarding honoring our husbands. I am for that! I also started to consider how I am preparing my kids for everyday life. Am I setting them up for a win?? Pinks and Blues are blogging on Manners today and it made me think! I feel I am doing some things right but I can see gaping holes in other areas.
Yesterday at lunch, my kids behaved well. They are 3.5 and 2 years old. They wiggled, grabbed at items they wanted. At times they were loud and other times I was impressed with their self-control. They were sitting properly, then standing, then peering at the tables behind us. I keep wondering when they will begin to display better table behavior.
After reading the two above blogs I was inspired. I decided to start with lunch today. I sat the kids at the table, I told them we were learning about manners today and I gave them a few rules. I told them: "We only talk softly at the table - no loud talking at the table. We only use our spoon to eat and not our fingers." We prayed, they ate and guess what - It worked!! I have taught them these things before but I realized I hadn't taught them this in awhile. So, I googled table manners and I think this will be my project over the month for sure, if not longer. I will teach them table manners. Maybe it will help while eating out, or maybe they will tuck it away in their minds until they are old enough to display self-control. I felt I had a mommy win today! Thanks Pinks and Blues and thanks Fruit in Season. You challenged me to step it up today!
Monday, June 18, 2007
Good Manners at the table
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I love it. We always tried very hard in this department. Our 2nd daughter always chewed with her mouth open. My husband told her she would never get a boyfriend if she didn't learn to close her mouth. She now is 22 years old and has a wonderful guy in her life. He noticed once how rude she was when eating and made a comment. She laughed out loud and told him what her father always said. So much for our training her to eat with manners. She finally has corrected the issue since the boyfriend spoke up! Praise God! It only took 21 years. Glad you are finding success so early on.
No, my childre are not really slow at everything. They really are fantastic young women, hehe.
By the way, beautiful photo of you and your daughter!
Wow! So glad that you were able to get some inspiration from my mom's words! I think it's great that you want to do something every day that will teach them good table manners. Practice does certainly make perfect. What a beautiful family you have. Great photos!!
Jane, Pinks & Blues Girls
Geez, table manners would be great! I hope we make it there, but I'm not sure because the whole beefaroni-in-the-ears thing may just be the end of me!
Well, I must emphasize that the only thing we accomplished with the new rules was No Loud Talking and Not Using Fingers. My son is known for getting his hands into eating and then smearing the residue on the table and sometimes his hair. We just took babysteps. It felt good for it to work, no matter how minor the victory. :)
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