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(Moments before the birthday boy crashed into one of his best buddies and stopped traffic.)
A few of you who have read this blog for a long time, may have wondered why last week I referred to Craig’s birthday party in April, when his birthday’s in January. The short answer is that it took him three months to plan his party.
Yes, Craig planned his own party, because my husband decided to use some Love and Logic on his disorganized son. In January he told Craig that he would pay for the party and transport his friends, but Craig had to figure out the date and activities, call parents and write invitations.
This was a lot for a scatterbrained third-grade boy to pull together, but what better time to empower your kids, than for something they want really badly?
And nobody seemed to care that he was actually nine years and three months old.
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Our birthday adventure took place at Action City.
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1:37 pm
I love it! What a great lesson in helping them instead of doing for them.
Hugs,
Holly
7:59 pm
That’s a huge pizza! It looks like he planned a fun party.
8:18 pm
Good job with the patience and sticking to the L&L format!
Here’s my PTT: http://twolittlevikings.blogspot.com/2008/04/pass-torch-tuesday.html
2:00 am
That is so cool that he planned his own party! What a great feeling of accomplishment!
8:02 am
These are fun shots of the young planner’s party!
8:07 pm
Yowsie!! That’s a big ol’ pizza!! It looks like he planned a wonderful party….we do the same thing around here!
12:56 am
well I sure would have never thought about a gorilla delivering a pizza. It HAD to be thought up by a kid.
9:11 am
You are so right - having kids do things on their own is a GREAT way to empower them! My motto when raising my boys is: Never, EVER, underestimate the power of a kid!
A lot of people think we are crazy to expect our ten-year-old twin boys to pedal 20,000 miles from Alaska to Argentina. But we say, “They can do it! Why wouldn’t they be able to?” Yes - in June we’ll be jumping on our bikes in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and we’ll keep pedaling south until we get to Tierra del Fuego.
You can read about our journey at www.familyonbikes.org