I was helping Julie with homework the other night and she started to get frustrated. She folded her hands and bowed her head and said a pray to God. It was the coolest thing to see a 5 year old do. I am so proud of Julie's heart for God. She puts so much trust and faith in Him!
However, Julie has turned into quite the tomboy. She just seems to bond with the boys better. There really isn't any girls her age at Church, but even still at school she would rather hang with the boys than the girls. Scott and I have been struggling with some of her "boy" habits such as spitting and burping the alphabet. Recently Paul Peterson wrote a blog on parenting so Scott and I sent him an email. He had many words of wisdom, but I really liked that he said Scott should "date" Julie. Paul talks about his "dates" with his daughter a lot and they sound like so much fun! Julie loves getting her daddy time too. Sometimes I think she acts like that just for daddy. Scott will be starting his "dates" this weekend.
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I was a tomboy too. I even burped the Alphabet. I can't do that anymore. Darn! :P
My dad used to tale us on "dates" when we became teenagers.
Really, how did that go? What kind of things did you do? I want Julie to be her own person, but I also want her to use her manners and that's the hardest thing for her to understand. I love that she is a tomboy but spitting and burping your ABC are gross. (sorry Christine)
Now I didn't spit. I agree that is gross. I freak when my boys do that lol.
We did things like go out to eat or to a movie.
The good things about her being such a tomboy is that she loves sports and is pretty athletic for a young lady, and she can use that when she gets to High School to help pay for College. You know like maybe go to Ohio State so she can give her daddy her Alumni tickets ;-)
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