Filling the Cups

A while ago I ran across a quote that I loved. It was by Alvin Price and it said, "Parents need to fill a child's bucket of self-esteem so high that the world can poke enough holes in it to drain it."

I have done my very best to do this with Boston. I tell her countless times

a day how pretty she is, how much I love her brown eyes and her curls. I want her to know that she is more than just her physical looks so I make sure I tell her she is smart, and she is a kind. I let her know how proud she makes me, that she is amazing dancer and that she is fun. I decided to make this in to a family home evening activity with the whole family and it turned out really great so I wanted to share it so you could try it with your family.

I brought a bag of M&M’s and everyone got their own cup. There are 8 grand-kids, Boston is the youngest with the oldest being almost 15. I asked everyone if anyone has ever had their feelings hurt or if anyone has ever had something mean said about them. Obviously, at one point all of us have, even the adults. Then we talked about how sometimes the only people that will be there for us are our family members and we need to be making sure we are all feeling each others cups up with positive things about each other. We started with my neice, Kylee, and we each took a turn filling her cup up… We placed an M&M in her cup and said something that she is great at or something we admire about her. While we did this my sister, Alicia, wrote all of the positive comments down and everyone took their paper home with them so that when they are having a rough day they can look at them.

It was such a good night and if you having younger kids at home I would 100% recommend doing it. It was good to have a night of just complements and cup filling for everyone there and gave me a good reminder myself that I needed to be better at this. I am so thankful for the family Boston and I have been blessed with. She seriously couldn't have better cousins, grandparents, aunts and uncles. With the people she has in her life I can only imagine that her cup with never be empty. I am so thankful for that.

XO:
Ashlynn&Boston
BRONSON

*A cousin is a built in friend for life.