Helping Hands

The girls always want to help with JJ. It's been hard for me to let them. Mostly because I don't want to be one of those moms that asks their kids to do tons of things...so much so that they aren't doing kid things anymore. I'm realizing that there are certain things that they really want to do at this age and honestly there are things they should be doing (like chores).
It's been hard for me to get organized enough to have a regular schedule of things. I'm still getting use to the fact that I have a school age child and next year I'll have 2 kids in school! Yikes.

I'm also learning that when they ask to do something I need to just say "yes" and then they will have the opportunity to serve, to learn from mistakes and it makes it easier on me (best part)!

The other night Eva asked to feed JJ, a regular occurrence and I said, "Yes!"

I tired to snap some pictures of her feeding him, she did such a great job, but of course once I got the camera out JJ was mesmerized by it and wasn't really paying attention to Eva anymore...plus I think he was getting full!
Here are some pictures of our youngest and our oldest bonding!

Cute, right?
She did a really great job and she's learning from any "mistakes" like last week when she got too close and JJ kicked the bowl out of her hand...it got all over her pants and all over the carpet...you better believe she holds onto the bowl better and doesn't get as close to him now. Lesson learned.
Look at me, I'm growing up by letting my kids grow up...it's hard!