What did you do for Valentine’s day? Go on a date?
Write sweet notes? Make heart
shaped pizza? Toby and I decided to
order A Perfect Pet for Peyton for
our family on Valentine’s Day. It
introduces kids to the five love languages.
What is a love language? I’ll let
the book explain.
“Each of us especially likes to
love and be loved in one or two of these languages; some love kind words,
others like touch. Some enjoy spending
special time with people. Others love
gifts and some like to do nice and helpful things. We all need to love people in every way. However, God made use each special and we all
love a little differently.”
This book teaches to concept of love languages through the
playful story of twin Peyton and Penny’s birthday party. Our kids love the tale and the colorful
pictures. Each picture has a ‘seek and
find’ activity. I would recommend doing
the activities after you read the story.
Doing them while you read breaks up the story line too much.
A Perfect Pet for
Peyton helped our family converse about how we can make each other feel
loved and valued. It also reminded me of
something special from my childhood to share with them. My parents read to my two brothers and I before
every nap and nighttime. They were very
busy with three children born in the span of 31 months. I knew their busy worlds would stop to spend
quality time with me at last once a day.
Toby and I share this same ritual with our kids.
If you would like to discover your own love language, take
the quiz at http://www.5lovelanguages.com/
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