Welcome to the Sunday Surf, a tour of the best blogposts I've read throughout the week. So, we skip church a lot. But we went last week, and Mikko actually stayed in the children's church/Sunday school deal-io by himself. In fact, I walked him there as usual, because he likes that, but when I got into the room, I said, "I might need to walk Alrik around for a bit to help him nap," and Mikko said, "You can leave now, Mama." Whoa! There's a first. So, for those of you wondering when a separation-phobic child might tolerate some separation, it's at approximately 4.75 years old. Now you know.
After the service, we didn't get a craft to take home as usual. We got a follow-up email later on explaining that the kids had made palm branches for Palm Sunday (which is today) and had also worked on memorizing a song and Bible verse to sing and recite in the service this next week. I sang the song and asked Mikko if he remembered it, and he said he had chosen to color during the time they were singing. I read the verse to him, and he said he had chosen to color while they were learning the verse. That's my boy. Fight the system, Mikko.
I settled on teaching him one word: Hosanna. I said, Yell that loud enough, and no one will care about the rest. Plus, he did make his palm branch, so there's that.
We'll see how the palm waving goes today … if we get up and out the door in time.
Some reading for you!
Carnival news:
Tell us about your family's personal care, by April 3. This should be a fun one!
Is parenting next to cleanliness? Tell us how your kids get clean — for instance, share a recipe for homemade shampoo, give tips on ending bathtime struggles, or offer a hairstyling tutorial.
Submission deadline: April 3. Carnival posting: April 10.Books and unschooling a preschooler
The Authentic Parenting Blog Carnival, hosted by Authentic Parenting and The Positive Parenting Connection, is live — lots of great posts about books and reading!
From Natural Parents Network:
- Embracing the Hospital Birth Experience
- The Flip Side of Gratitude
- Wordless Wednesday: Local Eating
- Simple Cloth Number Cards
- Ready, Set, Pump!
Giveaways:
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- Giveaway: Baby K’tan – $60 ARV {4.24 US}
- Giveaway: Glamourmom Nursing Bra Full Bust Long Top – $49 ARV {4.17 US}
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Surf with us:
We love following along with fellow Sunday Surfers. If you have your own post of reading links to share, please link up your post on Hobo Mama or on Authentic Parenting. The linky will go live every Sunday, and you can link up any day that week. If Sunday doesn't work for you but you do a links list another day, feel free to play along. You only need to add your post to one of the sites, and the linky will automatically show up on both sites.You can get the Sunday Surf button by Jenna Designs and some code to add to your post from my Sunday Surf page.
Check out previous editions for good reading, and you can find more shared items during the week at my Tumblr blog, Hobo Mama's Shared Items.
Happy Surfing!
I'm Lauren Wayne, writer and natural parent. I embrace attached parenting with an emphasis toward green living. 
2 comments:
Congrats on a milestone for Mikko! I read a lot of these and all are such great choices to share. Amber's post was so thought-provoking!
I can't leave Joe at the nursery at church at all, so it's good to know there might be a time when he'll willingly hang out with other children without me! And it's only 1.75 years away! :-)
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