today was a pretty boring, ordinary day. we woke up, had breakfast, played in the morning. then it was off to the coin laundry to dry two loads, have lunch, nap time (oh, glorious nap time) and then entertain the kids (it was raining again by late afternoon. *le sigh*) make dinner, take a shower and shove everyone off to bed. you can see that no one fell out of windows or broke bones.
i did have to remind myself today that after the day is done, it is gone forever. only the memory remains. so, do i want it to be a bad memory, or a good one? it is up to me how i react to 'naughty' behavior. and since naughty is defined by me, i need to ease up a bit (especially in an abnormally long rainy season. what the FUCK is up with the weather? el nino?) so hopefully we'll get off to a shopping center tomorrow, perhaps even in spite of shouting/fighting/hitting/biting...
The Sesshu Garden in Autumn
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I like your way of thinking here! It's very tough, though... My kids fight a lot, too, and last summer I barely left the house because I was so ashamed of their behaviour while we were out and about. Ganbarou ne!
sending you lots of 'patience' and good weather vibes! It's hard when they are still small and especially cooped up in the house but at least you've almost got to the end of week one! hang in there.
You've been studying up!! My book is still lying open on the kitchen table and I was kind of hoping that scream free parenting would just come to me - perhaps by osmosis. I WILL read it though. Have started the sibling rivalry one too.
Thank you!
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