Goodnight Moon

[billandamy]

In the great green room there was a telephone...

 

[Hampton]

Children's book. Good night.

 

[VTSeaRay]

And a red balloon
And a picture of -

 

[H2ONUT]

I thought the dish ran away with the spoon :huh:

 

[Sundancer]

I thought my brother in law finally pulled up his pants! :huh:

 

[sebagoman007]

I'll echo Scott, I can't tell you how many times I read that book at my daughter's bedtime. She's 15 now, so it's been a while..........

Cheers,

Bill

 

[caruso1006]

And a red balloon
And a picture of -

~The cow jumoing over the moon.

 

[billandamy]

...and there were 3 little bears, sitting in chairs...

Same here, that has been a staple through 3 children. Just thought about it last night, after reading my son to sleep. This is the book he chooses now. When I was getting off line, it just hit me when I was saying "Goodnight" to CSR.

Just reflecting on life a bit with the post. It's amazing how life speeds by, that I am now reading this same book to my 3 year old son, that I read to my first child (daughter) starting 12 years ago (almost 13- a teenager-ack!!)

I was a little emotional is all. We look toward the future, wondering what it will bring, but maybe we all need to just stop once in a while, and just enjoy the present...the little simple things that pass by without a thought.

Like your child sitting in your lap, listening to you read "Goodnight Moon."

 

[Drama Queen]

I feel ya!! my oldest son recently turned 18. I am excited for him, but also scared for him. It has caused me to really stop and reflect, it all seemed to speed by so fast. But you know when you were living it, it was just creeping by. I started a little too young with my kiddos, but I don't regret it. But being young, I don't think I stopped enough to smell the roses.

 

[highslice]

I hear you. God, where did it all go? Two weeks ago, my oldest was 3 and we were doing puzzles on the floor in our family room while his little brother slept. Wacky Wednesday was his book of choice. Now he's 14, taller than me and looking at high schools.

DQ you got it just right, it creeps by in the present, but you look back and wonder how it went by so fast.

And with the world being the place it is today, I can't help but wonder if I did them a diservice bringing them into this $hit. Not that I would go back and do it differently, I love them with every fiber of my body. It's just hard not to be afraid for what the future holds for them:smt009.

 

[Larry&Leisa]

Like you DQ, we started our family when we were very young. I thought I had missed the roses too.. but you know what.. they are so beautiful and the fragrance so much more intense now. I'm glad that we have the kids out of the house while we are still relatively young. It has been like a renewal of our own. We enjoy the heck out of the grandkids and I can still challenge my son in laws to wakeboard contests!

Now as far as fearing bringing them into 'this' world.. I have read or seen it from every generation they fear what they have created for the next. Life goes on, they adapt, create, survive and bring in the next generation to maybe this time make it better. Don't be afraid for them.. remember your youth? You were indestructible!

I guess I just always have great optimism.

 

[tmhudson2]

The first book I bought to read to my then two-year old daughter was Dr. Seuss' Oh the Places You'll Go! Now she's a freshman in college, and last Friday her choir sang in concert with the Boston Pops! Spring break, they go to Rome, and may sing at St. Peter's.

 

[billandamy]

It's just hard not to be afraid for what the future holds for them:smt009.

Dont sweat it so much. My parents said the same thing...and my grandparents said the same thing...and so on.

I think this is just what we are programmed to think about as parents...the protective gene kicks in, and we think we must worry about their life beyond us, outside our doors.

They will be fine. If you raised them right, with your values, they will shine.

 

[billandamy]

The first book I bought to read to my then two-year old daughter was Dr. Seuss' Oh the Places You'll Go! Now she's a freshman in college, and last Friday her choir sang in concert with the Boston Pops! Spring break, they go to Rome, and may sing at St. Peter's.

Very cool..congrats to her (and you) :smt001

 

[Drama Queen]

I am glad I am not the only one who started young and doesn't regret it. LOL although I took it to the extreme and had three more kids after the first. I just love kids what can I say. My youngest is 8 and my oldest 18, so I still have time to enjoy kids in the house. It has made me really be a great parent to my youngest, now the rest of the kids may spend a fortune on therapy when they get older, but at least I will be able to say I got one right.

The coolest thing happened this morning, my oldest (boy) told my youngest (also a boy) I will take you to school today if you want. The youngest just thought he was the coolest 8 year old on the planet, being taken to school by his big cool brother. I personally just thought it was CUTE.

 

[billandamy]

I am glad I am not the only one who started young and doesn't regret it. LOL although I took it to the extreme and had three more kids after the first. I just love kids what can I say. My youngest is 8 and my oldest 18, so I still have time to enjoy kids in the house. It has made me really be a great parent to my youngest, now the rest of the kids may spend a fortune on therapy when they get older, but at least I will be able to say I got one right.

The coolest thing happened this morning, my oldest (boy) told my youngest (also a boy) I will take you to school today if you want. The youngest just thought he was the coolest 8 year old on the planet, being taken to school by his big cool brother. I personally just thought it was CUTE.

VERY cute!

Im the opposite, but not to a terrible degree. In my first marriage, I had 2 girls. Divorced, remarried, we both wanted more kids (though we have now determined this is IT) so we had Ethan. I am 39, and my wife is 31, Ethan is almost 3. So Im a little up there in age.

My brother is the opposite of me, had his first at 19, his last at 26. He is now 31.

 

[Gunn]

I hear you. I take a pause nearly every night and just think of how great and cute they are and how fast they are growing up. I keep telling them to "slow down", but....as usual, they don't listen. :smt001

 

[billandamy]

I hear you. I take a pause nearly every night and just think of how great and cute they are and how fast they are growing up. I keep telling them to "slow down", but....as usual, they don't listen. :smt001

hehe...they will never listen, as my mom reminds her son often :grin:

 

[VTSeaRay]

Yes, read this book a ton when the boys (3) were little. The oldest is a pilot now (25), the middle's (22) a sr in college, and the youngest (18) - well, he doesn't know what he wants to do.

I miss those days when they were younger. Those of you with young kids, stop, and enjoy them now... I rarely see my sons now, they're off living their own busy lives. We used to do EVERYTHING together. scouts, soccer, baseball, skiing, boating, etc. I was their coach, their scout leader, their ski chaperone, and I enjoyed every minute of it! It was great watching them grow up, and being a part of it.

-VtSeaRay

 

[billandamy]

Yes, read this book a ton when the boys (3) were little. The oldest is a pilot now (25), the middle's (22) a sr in college, and the youngest (18) - well, he doesn't know what he wants to do.

I miss those days when they were younger. Those of you with young kids, stop, and enjoy them now... I rarely see my sons now, they're off living their own busy lives. We used to do EVERYTHING together. scouts, soccer, baseball, skiing, boating, etc. I was their coach, their scout leader, their ski chaperone, and I enjoyed every minute of it! It was great watching them grow up, and being a part of it.

-VtSeaRay

:smt001 Ill be the first to admit my eyes got a bit watery reading this.