Christa is 4; Philippa is now 5 1/2 and Philip will be 2 soon in a few months!!! Time is moving on !!! The family is growing up fast - it is hard to keep pace with the changes; never a dull moment
Philippa is very mature, but is hampered by Christa's immaturity and Christa tends to tear down Philippa as a form of defence. The funny thing is that they may play for an hour or more and all of a sudden breaks down in tears but once that is resolved often they start playing again.
Christa in her defence also is a very nice, peaceable, fun-loving girl and always wants the best for her and others. It is unfortunate to her that Philippa is dominant and restricts Christa's 'space' which means that Christa, for her own preservation's sake has developed a rather effective method of tearing into Philippa in time of conflict.
In general I have evolved a simple hierarchy to allow peace in the home; Philip the youngest has top priority in a conflict, then Christa then last Philippa. So if Philip wants on the computer let him, and if Christa is fighting with Philippa for a toy in general I just instruct Philippa to release it for Christa to give back once finished using it.
Also with regards to morning prayer; not very frequently but desire to be more - get up and pray with Zoe and together we both pray for the kids as they are sleeping!! Find it makes a real difference to the girls when we do this.
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