Birthday Idea for a Mom

[dodge__driver11]

I am all for others posting and thats great I posted my thoughts too, the only reason I posted that it maybe should be closed is everyone started to argue...but hey, whatever argue away..I have a bag of popcorn...Just kidding!

[playfelt]

In theory we are supposed to have open-ended art not teacher craft time available to the children anyways so if the child chose because daddy suggested it to make a card during freeplay/art time then that is what would have happened had the child not been in home care but in a centre with same age kids. The teacher's help would have been the child asking for help to fold the paper into a card. Home care means we have to adjust best practice so that we keep everyone safe so no free art in many cases.

[Spixie33]

So.....I had to think of this thread today because DCD walks in and says to me "I am not sure if you guys are busy today or what you have planned but DCKs mom is celebrating her birthday today. Don't take this information the wrong way and do with it as much as you feel comfortable."

My mind immediately went to this thread and I was like -- NO WAY ! I remember reading this thread and kind of having mixed feelings and here it was happening to me. It just goes to show that eventually situations can affect all of us.

I told the dad we were starting our mother's day project today and I would see what I could do. It felt like an enormous amount of pressure to have thrust upon me when I kind of had our day planned out to be outside and working on mother's day.

I know this dad is CRAZY about his wife though and just wants her to have a good birthday and that he gives the older child money to buy a present for mom and thought that the little brother might also want to do something.

I know it was not out of laziness that he was asking or because he doesn't plan to do something for his wife. He told me that the wife grew up with three older sisters and was kind of always a last thought on her birthday so they go all out for her as an adult.

We did make a quick craft today so he will have something to give his mom but it sure was stressful coming up with something at the spur of the moment when I didn't have it planned