A 7th New Singleton Child...Teens- the Easy Way
My older bunch have a new addition.....my 13yo godchild who is here for the summer....there is not much difference between 6 and 7 kids really...EXCEPT for the teen part....so my new addition kinda tilts the activities to malls and more malls! To be honest we had not even visited most of the malls in our area but NOW I can say we have frequented ALL of the ones within a 30minute radius=)
Also, we have much more dancing practice going on as they re-choreograph dancees over and over and over and over.......
Younger kids are fun!
One of my favorite sayings is "Everone should be 10yo". This is way before the hormones set in and the mood swings and the really serious chats that affect their lives....We can still play American Girls and Polly Pockets. Ahhhhhhhhhh refreshing is my 10 yo dd
The good news is we have another set of arms to pass the twins around.
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Now I have 4 names to call for help instead of 3. This is truly a win-win situation. I even get to sharpen my teen skills as I deal with attitudial days of my godchild and my kids. Some days I go from really high after our INDOOR water fight (don't ask) and really low after I notice they stayed up into the wee hours of the nite to raid the kitchen and leave the mess for am.
TEEN SPYWORK
The only other tricky thing about all this is that it seems with teens is that it seems like i have to do more spy work to understand where they are since they are so independant. I can't even tell when my12yo isn't choosing to eat since he "doesn't feel like it" before he goes to play sports outside for hours. I find out once illnesses begin....migranes...ughh
In all these cases also prayer goes a long way...
Also, we have much more dancing practice going on as they re-choreograph dancees over and over and over and over.......
Younger kids are fun!
One of my favorite sayings is "Everone should be 10yo". This is way before the hormones set in and the mood swings and the really serious chats that affect their lives....We can still play American Girls and Polly Pockets. Ahhhhhhhhhh refreshing is my 10 yo dd
The good news is we have another set of arms to pass the twins around.
MORE HELP
Now I have 4 names to call for help instead of 3. This is truly a win-win situation. I even get to sharpen my teen skills as I deal with attitudial days of my godchild and my kids. Some days I go from really high after our INDOOR water fight (don't ask) and really low after I notice they stayed up into the wee hours of the nite to raid the kitchen and leave the mess for am.
TEEN SPYWORK
The only other tricky thing about all this is that it seems with teens is that it seems like i have to do more spy work to understand where they are since they are so independant. I can't even tell when my12yo isn't choosing to eat since he "doesn't feel like it" before he goes to play sports outside for hours. I find out once illnesses begin....migranes...ughh
In all these cases also prayer goes a long way...
Posted by Parenting Twins and More at 8/6/2009 10:08 PM 
Categories: Parenting, Family Pictures
Tags: teens parenting
Categories: Parenting, Family Pictures
Tags: teens parenting
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