Changes in our lives.

 As we were reading, the fact that Ma was washing clothes and dishes by hand reminded me of my childhood. I shared stories with the children, like how my mom had no disposable diapers for my brother and I, and how she used cloth diapers instead. The children were wondering what the difference is, so we took our doll babies out and we put two disposable diapers on two of the babies, and two cloth diapers on the other two babies. Our babies were not real, so we had to use brown paint and yellow coloured water in order to explore this idea.  :) Yes, it was fun. We timed the process, it took less than 1 minute to walk to the garbage and throw the disposable diaper in the garbage. "Very easy" said Sofia. "I can't wait for mommy to have my baby brother so I can help change the diaper".  The way people used to change babies in the olden days was a little different than just throwing it in the garbage. Sofia and Trystan had the babies with the cloth diapers, so their job was not done. They had to scrub the cloth with soap, rinse and let it dry. (Yes, we also discussed the fact that most people in Romania have no dryers).

It took more than 5 minutes to wash the cloth and one day to let it dry. Sofia said, "This makes my hands hurt. Scrubbing is not easy". Alexis commented that it’s "good that my mommy didn't have to do all that work. She played with Avery and I all the time." Bela mentioned, “The diaper was a good invention, so much faster.”

I am sure that my life experience from Romania will bring lots of discussion and exploration ideas during this unit.  

** Please bring baby pictures of your child in. We would like to play a guessing game. We would also like to look at how fast people change and the way it can impact the future.