Nearly daily, I find Rex and Lyle in the toilet...and it's getting worse. Today, right about the time the kids were leaving for school (I think that is part of the problem---the rush...when people forget to close the door), I found them both---wringing soaked hand towels on each other's heads. Seriously, toilet water dripping over their eyes as they blinked sheepishly up at me. Not a happy moment. No pictures to say the least---straight to the tub. (Not a good "consequence" since they love the tub, but what to do?)
On the other hand, as I was doing dishes, it was a little too quiet. I walked to the other room to discover they had found a stack of flashcards and had strewn them everywhere. Uggh. I wondered if there was any chance they'd pick them up themselves if they thought it was fun. I went to the kitchen and got them a bowl and showed them how to put them in the bowl. I wasn't too hopeful that it would last long. To my utter amazement, when I returned a few minutes later, EVERY SINGLE CARD was in the bowl. I smothered them with "good job"s.
This is from my journal yesterday, I was tickled:
Monday, January 21, 2013
Today James and I spent the day in town doing early leg work for bids on building our home. Before we left Talmage was looking for something to work on. He has wanted to discuss allowances at every turn for the last week. We asked him to listen to L. Tom Perry’s Conference talk and prepare a family home evening lesson to discuss the topic. He listened to the whole talk and put a powerpoint presentation together of the primary points. He did a fantastic job! He also researched what Spechts use called a “family economy” and presented that. We settled on a plan for our family. What a great family night! What a great boy!
(Grandpa Wells also taught him how to chop kindling today and drive the tractor. What a day!)
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