This is beautiful. There's something magical about the #3 as well. I just did a post on taking 3 deep breaths, and amazingly I've been noticing my kids doing it on their own, yay!
But, I find the challenge is with my oldest who is almost 12. She gets up before me. (I co-sleep with a 5 and 2 yr old, so if I try to get up early, they wake early.) and she reads her own books at bedtime while I am reading to the others. She got all my attention for her first 3.5 yrs, but I need to find more moments to really connect with her throughout the day. Thanks for some great ideas.
You’re welcome. My kids are similar ages. The 11 year old has more activities than the other two, so before her activity and after her activity are good times for me to connect with her.
It does get a little tougher as they get older. Makes us have to pay more attention and get more creative.
It’s easy to think the older ones need us less, but they still need us, they just need us different.