Helps the medicine go down
In a most delightful way!
--Mary Poppins
Source: IMDb.com
As a child I loved the magic of Mary Poppins - if only I could snap my finger and my room would clean itself or slide down (or up!) the banisters in my house....or jump into chalk paintings.
...but now as a mom, I'm beginning of appreciate the wisdom of that super nanny!
A spoonful of sugar ... The element of fun ... In what I need or want my kids to do.
Finish supper? Maybe a train or an airplane or even just a funny face "ahhh" achieves far better results than nagging.
Clean-up toys? Let's see how fast we can do it! Or... Race against each other... Or a quick basketball game using the toy box as our net...
My kids LOVE it when I play games with them and when it comes to the mundane - like bum changes, hair washing and eating veggies... The more I can play, the better!
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