What kids remember

I just found this post on Pinterest. I am really happy to report that I have done all of these things and besides the disciplining I find joy in each. I definitely want to work on spending more time individually with the girls. This is tough but they enjoy it and I get to really listen. I am always amazed at what is going on in their heads.
I sometimes lay in bed and talk to them about dreams I have for our future. Ava's loved it when I told her all about the night she was born. Sometimes she asks me to tell her again and talk about it like she remembers being there.
So my laundry is all over the place, clean but in baskets and my house is dusty but I have loved up on these girls and isn't that really what matters?

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So what exactly are the things that kids remember? Would you believe there is a list of such items derived from children themselves?

When I stumbled on this list of what kids love their parents to do, I felt as if I discovered the proverbial pot of gold at the end of a “Hands Free” rainbow.

One of my first "Hands Free" experiences involved stopping in the middle of cleaning the garage to dance in the rain with my daughters. This is what we call a "Hands Free" rainbow.

A wise teacher named Erin Kurt happened to have the insight to ask her students what they most liked their parents to do with them. She asked this same question every year for 16 years and from these responses she revealed, “The Top 10 Things Kids Want From Parents.”

Be prepared to be surprised.

Be prepared to be hopeful.

Be prepared to give yourself a celebratory high five, because the news is good, my friends.

And if you are like me, you might even have unexpected tears. Because the things your kids will remember are a lot easier to do than we often overly-pressured parents have been led to believe. And you might already be doing some of them.

The Top Ten Things Kids Really Want Their Parents To Do With Them

1. Come into my bedroom at night, tuck me in and sing me a song. Also tell me stories about when you were little.
2. Give me hugs and kisses and sit and talk with me privately.
3. Spend quality time just with me, not with my brothers and sisters around.
4. Give me nutritious food so I can grow up healthy.
5. At dinner talk about what we could do together on the weekend.
6. At night talk to me about about anything; love, school, family etc.
7. Let me play outside a lot.
8. Cuddle under a blanket and watch our favorite TV show together.
9. Discipline me. It makes me feel like you care.
10. 10. Leave special messages in my desk or lunch bag.

Isn’t it simple?