Today marks the One Year Anniversary of when my children received a big brother and big sister.
No I didn’t adopt. What? Are you crazy? I can’t handle the two that I have now, let alone adopting another… (not that I have ANYTHING against adoption, let me make that perfectly clear… it’s just that I’m a single mom and well, right now? I’ve got what I can handle.)
Matthew’s match was a gift from God in more ways than one. If you remember, they don’t pair boys around here unless their father’s are incarcerated, of which, Matthew’s father? Is not.
But there was a big brother who was looking to mentor someone just like my Matthew. And honestly, I don’t feel like we deserve him sometimes.
His big brother is older…. Like 62 older. (And crap, I just realized we missed his birthday!)
He doesn’t take Matthew to play video games or to the mall or just to hang out. He takes Matthew to places like the theater, dinner and a movie, homemade dinner with his wife, and for nature walks.
Matthew thrives on this. He loves it.
His big brother teaches him values, confidence, integrity, and what a man of this would should be.
Samara’s big sister is a little younger, she’s my age. She’s just like me except she’s girly. So she takes Sam to the mall to try on lip gloss and look at clothes. They hang out at her place and bake and watch movies and play games. Samara adores her just as much as Matthew adores his big brother.
Both of my children look forward to their outings with their big siblings and on this day, I’d like to do something special for their year anniversary the next time they get together.
But I’m at a loss.
I know that I don’t have to do anything, but I would really like to.
Any creative, inexpensive ideas that we can throw out there?
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What about helping the kids make a dinner for them and serve it to them at your house? (I don’t know how old your kids are, but you could scale it to their ages and abilities.)
Hmmm – inexpensive way to say “thank you” – you could always have the kids help you make cookies and goodies to give them. You can also hit up a dollar store and create a little gift basket. For instance, the girly girl would like bubble bath and scrubs, ect.
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How nice! Its so great for kids to have that. How about a craft the kids can make?
That is really neat!
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I think a letter written from Matthew and Sam to their big bro/sis would be great – you could take a few pictures then (if the letter is short enough) type it out and insert is as text inside one of those mini photo books. I know walmart.com has this option and it’s not that expensive. The processing and shipping is pretty quick, too.
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Once again I can’t offer any suggestions of creative things to do cause yeah well you know me – I’m just not a creative person.
So anyways…I’ve thought about a big brother for Caleb, I think it would be really beneficial for him. And after reading this it just makes me see how good it really can be.
I’m so glad that the big brother/big sister program has been so beneficial for your kids.
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I was a big sister before I had kids of my own. It’s a great experience, even for the “Big.” Maybe you could have both “Bigs” over and cook them and your kids a nice meal!
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My mom was a big for about 10 years for the same girl. I’m sure she’d agree that a card with pictures of the kids is an adequate gift. If you absolutely feel like you need to give them something, a gift card is always nice.
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