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Started on 2002-12-01
Re: to BeMa
From: (Vitlaur@aol.com) |
Date: 2002-12-01 15:26:40 UTC-05:00
In a message dated 11/30/02 6:42:35 PM Eastern Standard Time, letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com writes:
We started out with one stamp for each member of our family. I have since carved a "family stamp" . When we find a box together, we stamp our family stamp. Occasionally, my kids feel a terrific need to use their personal stamp too, so I let them. If I'm off by myself or just one child, we use just our personal stamps. We each have our own individual journal.
No matter what, they fight: about who found what, who stamped first last time, who gets to put it back, whose turn is it to be in front, who gets to be near Daddy, your turn was longer, this box was bigger, the color ink you stamped with is better than the color I got, you looked at the log book longer than me, etc.. (This is when I close my eyes & take a breath) We are lucky to be together, healthy and doing something wonderfully interesting.
Regards,
Laurette
if we just had one
stamp, how would we alter our routine -- first child to find the box is the
second to stamp his/her own stamp in the book and first to stamp box's stamp
in their book and the other one gets to rebury the box?.... What would a
single stamp do to this delicate dynamic?!
We started out with one stamp for each member of our family. I have since carved a "family stamp" . When we find a box together, we stamp our family stamp. Occasionally, my kids feel a terrific need to use their personal stamp too, so I let them. If I'm off by myself or just one child, we use just our personal stamps. We each have our own individual journal.
No matter what, they fight: about who found what, who stamped first last time, who gets to put it back, whose turn is it to be in front, who gets to be near Daddy, your turn was longer, this box was bigger, the color ink you stamped with is better than the color I got, you looked at the log book longer than me, etc.. (This is when I close my eyes & take a breath) We are lucky to be together, healthy and doing something wonderfully interesting.
Regards,
Laurette
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From: Dog Scouts Troop (DogScouts@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2002-12-02 17:39:07 UTC-05:00
This is why I am glad I only have dogs :-) LOL They
don't care if I have a family stamp or use theirs & I'm the only one able to
stamp in, so.... Often they do ALL want to be in the lead though
:-)
Scoutdogs
No matter what, they fight: about who found what, who stamped first
last
time, who gets to put it back, whose turn is it to be in front, who gets to
be near Daddy, your turn was longer, this box was bigger, the color ink you
stamped with is better than the color I got, you looked at the log book
longer than me, etc.. (This is when I close my eyes & take a breath) We are
lucky to be together, healthy and doing something wonderfully interesting.
Regards,
Laurette
time, who gets to put it back, whose turn is it to be in front, who gets to
be near Daddy, your turn was longer, this box was bigger, the color ink you
stamped with is better than the color I got, you looked at the log book
longer than me, etc.. (This is when I close my eyes & take a breath) We are
lucky to be together, healthy and doing something wonderfully interesting.
Regards,
Laurette