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Easter 2009
I know, I'm always catching up. Anyways we had a pretty good Easter. As usual Weber State threw an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. So Being a wildcat ( and getting a good opportunity for something free) we decided to take them. So we go there, and there of course is hundreds of people. We're sitting in the crowded entrance to the Student Union building on the mezanine. 
It's not too bad waiting, the kids make friends, and they actually stayed next to us. Until right before the event started. It drives me nuts how inconsiderate some people are. We're crammed and waiting, and a whole bunch of people (namely a few with a certain ethnicity) have apparently saved spots for all of their family and they cram in even further, pushing and shoving their way to the front. 
That wasn't the worst of it. They not only were the first ones in when they opened the area for the kids to hunt, but most of them were scooping up everything they could find, and when their buckets, bags, etc. were full, they started to fill pockets, or other things. And the parents of these kids were the worst offenders, taking their kids' buckets because apparently they weren't good enough themselves. The sad thing is there were so many who did wait in back of the line when they arrived, and these little kids had nothing, many went home dissapointed. 
This is were this whole story gets good. Even though Faith (as well as the rest of the kids) didn't get alot of stuff, as we were walking by others who didn't have anything in their basket/bucket, she would look at the kid, and give them something appropriate from her bucket. Then Zander and Carter (and Amelia, kinda) followed her example, Until they had almost nothing left for themselves. 
Though we didn't come back with much stuff. I was sooo happy with my kids and their generosity! Not only did they take my lessons of sharing, but they knew how to put that in action, even when they were not asked to. Faith told me that she didn't want other kids to be sad that they didn't get anything. I'm glad that she understands how to think with Empathy. They took a lesson far greater then just getting some Easter Eggs and toys would have given them. I am soooo proud to be their mommy!
It's not too bad waiting, the kids make friends, and they actually stayed next to us. Until right before the event started. It drives me nuts how inconsiderate some people are. We're crammed and waiting, and a whole bunch of people (namely a few with a certain ethnicity) have apparently saved spots for all of their family and they cram in even further, pushing and shoving their way to the front. 
That wasn't the worst of it. They not only were the first ones in when they opened the area for the kids to hunt, but most of them were scooping up everything they could find, and when their buckets, bags, etc. were full, they started to fill pockets, or other things. And the parents of these kids were the worst offenders, taking their kids' buckets because apparently they weren't good enough themselves. The sad thing is there were so many who did wait in back of the line when they arrived, and these little kids had nothing, many went home dissapointed. 
This is were this whole story gets good. Even though Faith (as well as the rest of the kids) didn't get alot of stuff, as we were walking by others who didn't have anything in their basket/bucket, she would look at the kid, and give them something appropriate from her bucket. Then Zander and Carter (and Amelia, kinda) followed her example, Until they had almost nothing left for themselves. 
Though we didn't come back with much stuff. I was sooo happy with my kids and their generosity! Not only did they take my lessons of sharing, but they knew how to put that in action, even when they were not asked to. Faith told me that she didn't want other kids to be sad that they didn't get anything. I'm glad that she understands how to think with Empathy. They took a lesson far greater then just getting some Easter Eggs and toys would have given them. I am soooo proud to be their mommy!
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