. . . All My Chaosity . . .

Both kids seem to be growing in leaps and bounds, Kenzie has all her teeth as near as I can tell, still nursing occasionally throughout the day, still sleeping between us every night until her room is ready I'm thinking. Bryon's still working at Wachter, thankfully, and we're still homeschooling.  D's taking karate every week and seems to enjoy it.  Bryson's currently, pretty much single handedly, taking all the carpet out of the house and replacing with laminate wood flooring.  I saw the pain specialist last month and got a cortisone shot in my SI joint that has helped.  The pool is more blue than green but still not quite right yet- I'm personally not sure why we can't get it cleaned?! Growing tomatoes and hoping they'll produce, the lettuce we got from someone or other already bolted.  Already harvest apricots and made/canned preserves.  Peaches coming up next!  We're thinking of putting a pergola up *maybe* after the floors are all in.  ...

Making Them Suffer for What They've Done Weekly Tip from the Love and Logic ® Experts When kids misbehave or make mistakes, do we want them to suffer for what they've done…or do we simply want them to learn responsibility? When we slip into the "making-them-suffer" mentality, the odds of success take a dive...along with our relationship with the child. When we remember that "discipline" simply means "teaching," the odds are much higher that we'll remain empathetic...even loving...as we allow our children to learn from consequences. A parent recently asked: Our twelve-year-old son started to make a habit of lying to us about what was going on at school. We did our best to be empathetic as we described how he would have to do plenty of extra chores to replace the energy he had drained out of us. He had to pull weeds, clean up a bunch of old, rotted firewood, clean out a nasty dusty lawn shed, and a few o...