After a week in which I found a note from Mini saying nobody likes him, when I saw Kate’s blog post about what makes our children happy, it was something I was keen to do with them.
So I presented them with a large sheet of paper and asked them to draw what makes them happy. No prompting and just left them to it.
Yes I am the fat one in the last picture by Mini, with a baby in my tummy, as he said he would like a baby sister to make him happier. He is going to have to keep on dreaming as it is an impossibility!
I decided to also put together a collage of recent photographs board of what makes me happy.
- Growing things
- Sewing and creating
- Flowers
- Family and friends
- The seaside
- Baking
- Cooking
- Tea
- Books and stationery
- My blog
What a lovely idea and its so nice to see the result. What a lovely family you must have 🙂
Oh this is a lovely idea. Shame Amy is a bit too young to join in but I think I’ll save this for later 🙂
x
We had an incident like that with a student when I taught in Italy and did something very similar. Asked the boy to keep a happy memories book of things to make him smile if he was sad. He said it really helped him focus on the positives in life.
Aaaw tell Mini that we love him x
How lovely, great that kids surprise us with such simple answers. My 3 yr old wants a baby brother , 3 girls and 40 years old means I won’t be fulfilling her wishes. Starting to learn she can’t always have what she wants.
Aw Jen this is fabulous – just what I was hoping to see. However I must say that it looks suspiciously like the number 2 on your belly in mini’s drawing – so twins perhaps?
Aaw how lovely and cute are they! Family is definitely my top reason for happiness too!
They could have drawn a train set or watching Harry Potter. Fabulous that they both chose to draw the family.
Your Comments Yes, yes, yes to all of those! And I admire your children’s solid wisdom. Far more edifying than the answers mine gave.
It’s simple things which make me happy. I love your list, and the boys.
What a great idea. I am going to get the boys to have a go at this tomorrow. Love that mini wants a little sister, my two say the same thing. Although Tyler wants me to have a piggy of course 😉 xx
Cute boys, both giving the same answer 🙂
Just started reading your posts, am really enjoying it! And love the blog name 🙂
Poor mini, I hope it was just a momentary feeling. Their pictures are wonderful. Juliex
I love your happiness mood board. I think I need to do something like that and post it on my fridge. x
I love the idea of a photo collage of all the things that make you happy. I think I may have to borrow the idea and turn it into a scrapbook layout. Your boys must make you so proud. What a lovely answer to the question.
Love you list!
The photos are such a nice way to show your happiness 🙂
This is so cute, definitely something I’ll do with bear when he’s old enough. When I started writing my business plan a few weeks ago I added a section called how would a three year old run the business after I went to a really inspiring talk by the owner of Ella’s Kitchen – I asked my three year old what makes him happy and he instantly replied ‘you do mummy’. Priceless.
Ah this is such a lovely idea! I think i may steal it and try it with my four year old!
Ah I joined in with this blog hop though I don’t really think Youngling understood the concept as he said he liked everything (literally nanna, cats, chocolate, bed – total fib, bath, shoes). I decided to write a bit about what I liked instead. Love your Younglings they are so cute. Instead of the baby then maybe get him a pet? 😉 just an idea xx
Howdy would you mind stating which blog platform you’re working with? I’m going to start my own blog in the near future but I’m having a hard time selecting between BlogEngine/Wordpress/B2evolution and Drupal. The reason I ask is because your layout seems different then most blogs and I’m looking for something unique. P.S Apologies for being off-topic but I had to ask!