I must admit, I was quite looking forward to today. . . to be able to go grocery shopping without little voices begging for cookies and fighting over who gets to hold on to the cart (the answer to that, by the way, is no one). I was slightly dismayed when L woke up complaining of a tummy ache, but figured I'd send her to school anyway. I was more dismayed when 20 minutes later she was still not dressed, still complaining of a tummy ache and added a goopy, snotty, runny nose to it. L will be my companion today, and strangely I'm not too upset over it.
My morning this morning ran so smoothly. I kept my calm and even when curly girlies everywhere weren't listening, I didn't yell! I simply stated what I wanted them to do and what the consequence would be if they didn't follow my requests, and they did! Even when they don't listen right away (and let's face it, they're kids, not robots. They never listen right away!) and I don't yell, our mornings go so much more smoothly than when I do yell. I love starting days out with smiles and laughs and no tears. Mornings like this make me wonder I ever stopped not yelling in the first place. It's sad that it took my wonderfully darling husband to subtly point this out to me.
My goal this week is to get through every morning yell free. Actually, maybe I should scale it down because we haven't hit homework time yet and that's one of the most stressful times in my day. It shouldn't be, given the fact that both B and M enjoy school and *gasp* like doing homework, but they don't like double checking or being neat (again, kids not robots). For this neatnik perfectionist Mom, it's hard to watch them put away sloppy copy's. Perhaps, while they are doing their homework, I'll hole up in my room with a book. That way I won't see their messy work and thus, I won't yell!
No yelling count: 4 days yell free!
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