I just got a call from my grandchildren in West Palm Beach Florida. Mikaela, 10 and Alayna, 8 are thankfully involved in their horseback riding lessons. When they are not riding the horses, Barley and Allie, they are thinking and dreaming about riding. My grandson, Zach, 7 is involved in baseball and he loves to fish.
The great thing about their activities is that they are active. It would be so easy, as a parent to just let the child watch television or listen to music all day. We have been informed, as a nation that our children are getting less healthy and have more percentages of fat than at any other time in history.
Finding out what your child is interested in is sometimes a challenge but if we keep trying, the child will lead us to his or her heart�s desire.
Along this same line of thinking, when I picked up the paper today, I was pleasantly surprised to find an up-lifting article about a nine year old girl, Katie Collins. It seems that Katie prayed for God�s guidance to make a Christian movie. She was inspired by faith videos that her parents purchased in Orlando, Florida at a homeschooling Convention.
Here is the key: The Collins family spent evenings reading or playing games most of the time because of the low-quality television programs.
Katie said, � The man who like, owns the (San Antonio) festival says�unless we win back Hollywood we can never have a full Christ-like community. We have to win back Hollywood before we can win back America and, hopefully, the world.�
Katie�s vision of Unexpected News� came to pass. It was shot with a $1500 budget and Katie�s script in their neighborhood. It earned the best young filmmaker award at the What you see is what you get film festival.
Mr. Collins stated. �We want both Katie and Sam to be culture changers. There�s so much garbage out there that�s called entertainment these days. Why can�t it be a sweet, innocent film that has a feel-good story to it?�
If you are interested in finding out more about this movie and it�s now ten year old author, just click on to unexpectednews.com. unexpectednews.com.
Another example of children following their interests was this past week-end when I saw the girl scouts out selling their cookies. I am so glad that people are still taking time to be a girl scout leader. At first, I wasn�t going to buy any because I am trying to watch my weight but a cute, enthusiastic scouter told me that now girl scout cookies have zero trans fats. Needless to say, I came home with a box of thin mints.
Sure enough, when I read the St. Petersburg Times today, it proclaimed that �the Girl Scouts have marked their 90th year in the cookie business by getting most of the artificial fat out of all varieties of their iconic treats, which have been under attack by a few health-focused consumer groups.�
Now I am not trying to put the Girl Scouts out of business, but I know they don�t sell cookies all year long. So, if you are longing for thin mints, I came across a recipe that has all natural ingredients. I haven�t had time to try it yet, so if you do, let me know how the cookies turn out. They sure look scrumptious. Click on
101cookbooks.com/archives/001370.html 101cookbooks.com/archives/001370.html to view the recipe.
How do we figure out what our child is really interested in? The obvious way, of course would be to talk to them. Maybe that wouldn't work because he/she may not really know what their heart's desire is. One of the best ways to learn about your child and what they have an interest in is to make things with them or take a fun quiz. That brings be to my next subject of fun things to do.
Family Fun:
Take this cute �Care Bear� quiz and find out which bear you are. (I was Harmony Bear). Go to toys.about.com/library/quiz/carebears/blcarebearsquiz.htm.toys.about.com/library/quiz/carebears/blcarebearsquiz.htm.
Then, after the Bear Quiz, your child may want to color this cute bear at: