So, lately Luke & I have been butting heads. I'm sure it's something every parent goes thru with their kids, but it's very frustrating. Sunday morning I woke up to, "Mommy, can you go get me candy?" "No Luke, it's too early for candy." Then a little while later I hear him say, "I'm going to go get it myself." That's when, in a daze I say, "Luke, if you get up on the counter & get candy then we are not going to see the movie today." Which I proceeded to head out to the kitchen & catch him up on the counter, walking across the stove to reach the candy on top of the fridge. So, of course I had to follow thru with the no movie. Needless to say, Erik was not pleased that I chose that punishment... he really wanted to see the movie. I didn't think it really hit home with him that he understood what he did wrong. Until finally, around 6pm we were sitting in the living room talking about how his actions have consequences to them... then he got it! I was pleased. :)
Well, tonight we had a perfect evening together. I picked Luke up from day care & as we were heading into the house we found Draper with tonights bread (that Erik had just picked up on his way home from work) on the floor eating it. My first reaction was, "that is really brave of Draper to eat the bread with Erik in the house." But then I realized, Erik had taken Avery for a walk. So, I told Luke that we needed to go to the grocery store to get more bread & I grabbed my keys. Well, Luke instead suggested that we walk to the store. Of course I was thinking, it's hot, I'm tired, I don't want to walk even though it's about a 10 minute walk from our house. But, I didn't overreact & say these things to him. Instead I said, let's go to the bathroom & then I need to put on different shoes & then we'll go. So, we headed to the store & ran into Erik & Avery on the way there. Erik said he realized he left the bread out about halfway thru his walk, but it was too late to go back, so he continued with his walk. Luke & I had a really great time on our walk talking about school & he sang me some songs, like the months of the year, counting 10 to 1 & the days of the week. He likes singing those songs & I love hearing them. Then we got home & we all checked our Wii Fit for the night. We ate (ok, there was a little frustration at dinner... mostly him not wanting to sit for more than 5 minutes to eat) & then after Luke's shower we played a game of pool on the Wii. It was a great evening of little argument & those are always perfect!
So, Erik & I have been talking about putting together a "chore" chart for Luke. Little things that he can do to help around the house. If any one has any suggestions I would appreciate them. Also, if you have done or are doing this, what kind of "rewards" should we give him if he accomplishes so many things, etc.
Not much else is going on. I took a few days off from blogging. Been exhausted & haven't gotten much reading done, which makes me sad. I am taking a week off in about 3 weeks & doing exactly what I want to do. Erik is working & I'm sending Luke to day care... hopefully Erik will take him in the mornings so I can sleep in or whatever my little heart desires. I figured I should take advantage of a week off before things get crazy with school.
Well, hope you all had a great week. Until the next time!
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Well its about time you start blogging again! :) Hehehe.
I let Kaiden help me fold clothes, and I give him a penny for it, and he also likes to sweep the side walk, feed the dog and help me put things away....allot of the time he wants to help, but I usually give him a penny which he can put in his piggy bank :) He loves it!
Good idea on the chore list. We have something kind of like that for Gabby. When she completes the chores I give her a "ticket". She has a full week to save them for a big prize at the end of the week. That way she gets something right away for doing the chore and then has a chance for something bigger at the end of the week. I hope it shows her that if you want something you need to save for it. She also has a chance to loose the tickets. If she whines to much or throws a fit she can loose tickets. Hopefully that shows there are consequences to her actions. The big prizes at the end can be just about anything. We do things like an extra visit to the park during the week, or extra internet time. We also do "store" on Fridays where she can redeem her tickets for stickers, temp. tattoos, jewlery links, little note pads. pretty much anything I think she might like that I find in the dollar isle at target or the clearance isle at walmart.
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