There are no condiments on my walls, furniture, floors. There are no broken bones, bruises or bloody noses. No electronic equipment ate any of my children, nor did the children eat anything non-toxic or otherwise. What did happen is remarkable.
The movie, Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrel. I watched it. The sun was still out. All 3 children were awake. I watched it without having to pause it. Really. I sat 2 feet away from the television, ready to hit pause (Sean has a thing for remotes, so we hid them all) if a child needed rescuing or who knows what.
So, kids- perfectly content- with THEIR TV OFF! mind you. No computers, no video games, no television. Just playing with each other, getting along, putting together Mr. Mrs. Potatoe Heads. Building lincoln logs, legos...
Sean would come out every 5 minutes and sit in my lap. He babbles on about what the kids are up to in his unintelligible way. A smile and off he is running across the kitchen again to get back to Juliet and Colin.
No snack requests, no drink requests, no pulling chairs to climb onto this or that to grab things they werent allowed to have.
Now, if you have never met my children- this post may not make any sense to you.
I need to write the date down. I watched a movie, with children awake. I cant tell you the last non animated movie I have watched. I am overjoyed.
Ok, so good noodles. I have 4 good noodle stickers (shiny sparkly star stickers) for Juliet each day. First sticker, sleeping in her bedroom all night. Second sticker, getting dressed (alone) and brushing teeth (assisted). Third sticker- General listening and behaviour. Picking up toys, listening without leading me to yell, normal stuff. Fourth sticker is going to bed the right way. Two nights in a row, She loves those damn stickers. Colin on the other hand, just wants a star sticker to place in the center of his palm so he can stick his hand out and say "Hi! Im a doodlebop!".
We drove to Juliets school today. Not her kindergarten, but the summer program. Its half an hour away, but seems nice enough. Afterwards we took the kids to McDonalds with a playground. All 3 kids enjoyed themselves.
The movie, Stranger than Fiction with Will Ferrel. I watched it. The sun was still out. All 3 children were awake. I watched it without having to pause it. Really. I sat 2 feet away from the television, ready to hit pause (Sean has a thing for remotes, so we hid them all) if a child needed rescuing or who knows what.
So, kids- perfectly content- with THEIR TV OFF! mind you. No computers, no video games, no television. Just playing with each other, getting along, putting together Mr. Mrs. Potatoe Heads. Building lincoln logs, legos...
Sean would come out every 5 minutes and sit in my lap. He babbles on about what the kids are up to in his unintelligible way. A smile and off he is running across the kitchen again to get back to Juliet and Colin.
No snack requests, no drink requests, no pulling chairs to climb onto this or that to grab things they werent allowed to have.
Now, if you have never met my children- this post may not make any sense to you.
I need to write the date down. I watched a movie, with children awake. I cant tell you the last non animated movie I have watched. I am overjoyed.
Ok, so good noodles. I have 4 good noodle stickers (shiny sparkly star stickers) for Juliet each day. First sticker, sleeping in her bedroom all night. Second sticker, getting dressed (alone) and brushing teeth (assisted). Third sticker- General listening and behaviour. Picking up toys, listening without leading me to yell, normal stuff. Fourth sticker is going to bed the right way. Two nights in a row, She loves those damn stickers. Colin on the other hand, just wants a star sticker to place in the center of his palm so he can stick his hand out and say "Hi! Im a doodlebop!".
We drove to Juliets school today. Not her kindergarten, but the summer program. Its half an hour away, but seems nice enough. Afterwards we took the kids to McDonalds with a playground. All 3 kids enjoyed themselves.
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