Take a Breath and Count To Four

The following link is something we talk about in my house all the time and I even apply it to myself.

http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/ce65aeaa-ddd2-45dd-908e-6abd84ef2cb2/ce65aeaa-ddd2-45dd-908e-6abd84ef2cb2/

It is from the show Daniel Tiger, it is based on Mr. Rogers, which was an amazing show for kids.  We do baths in the morning, at night I just want my kids in bed.  One of the kids always wants to go last to the bath, it is always a conversation.  I run them around all day to fun places, bedtime is always a drama, but Thank God once they fall asleep it is for the night.  The Daniel Tiger episode above says, "When you get mad and you want to roar, just take a breath and count to four."  I always remind my kids of this, and I also take a moment to take a breath.  My kids are strong willed, independent, know exactly what they want, and stand up for themselves.  This will serve them in life, but as a parent it drains all of my energy and patience.  We start getting ready for bed at 6pm, and they are in their beds by 7pm, and hopefully asleep by latest 8pm, yesterday it was 9pm, but I will not budge.  I always praise how good sleepers they are, and they are proud that they are good sleepers.  Boo Boo's heal, they re-energize for the next day, and they always tell me in the morning that they slept good.

Today I double booked my fun, there was a Klezmer Yiddish music concert from 4:30pm-7pm, and there was an event that in honor of the memory of 25th anniversary of the passing of his father, our friend started the process of writing a Torah, and there was a kids program teaching them exactly how it was done, what it was written on, and exactly how they did it.  Then they gave kids feathers and ink, as well as a page with the Hebrew alphabet, and my son copied it below, I was so proud how good it looked.  It is in the wrong direction, Hebrew is written from right to left, but the letters are brilliant, I was showing it off to everybody.  It makes me so proud that my son knows his roots, his mother tongue, and is a natural at writing Torah, BH.  We were having so much fun, we ended up getting home after 6:30pm.  We will be able to hear music anytime, but this experience was very special, they will have the new Torah written by the 25th anniversary of his passing.

They are finally all asleep, they started school last week, it will be an early morning.  We are all busy with wonderful things, excited for all of us to grow intellectually, emotionally, and spiritually, and to be physically healthy, mind and body.

Coach Yulia