Tonight we visited our children's classrooms and had discussions w/ their teachers. We received great reports! Which makes us happy that we seem to be doing an ok job of raising our kids! Personality quirks that we need to work on, but overall, we have smart kids who are respectful to others, participate in class and are overall good kids! :D
Since we visited each of the older kids' schools, E. kept asking to go to HER school! She's in 2 day preschool. She kept saying that we have to go to her classroom and talk to her teacher. She was SO mad when we drove home without driving to her school! Haha!
J. and O. were reminiscing about their preschool days, and singing songs that they learned then, on the way home. J. said that he remembers playing the dumbbells. I said to him, "Um, don't you mean the hand bells?!" He burst out laughing! So funny!
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Friday, November 2, 2012
Pretend I ate my dinner!
You know, sometimes being a parent is really hard. Here's one example:
Last night we had marinated grilled pork chops, green beans and brown rice for dinner. We had to leave by a certain time so that I could read at church. Everyone ate everything on their plates except E. She wasn't hungry, she kept saying. She would ask how many more bites. We told all of them that if they ate their dinner and were good in church, we would get them ice cream sundaes at McDonalds. THAT didn't even sway her! She would NOT eat. So, the time came that we HAD to leave. E. ran away from the table and started to cry because she wanted ice cream. I said, "You have to eat your dinner and then you can have ice cream." She said, "Can't you pretend that I ate my dinner?" OH it's so hard to say no!!!!! Who thinks like that?! She's only 3!!!!! I guess I'm in a world of trouble if she already out-thinks me at 3 years old!
We did buy her ice cream, and it's currently in the freezer, waiting for her. She did come home and eat SOME of her dinner, but then quickly fell asleep.
Last night we had marinated grilled pork chops, green beans and brown rice for dinner. We had to leave by a certain time so that I could read at church. Everyone ate everything on their plates except E. She wasn't hungry, she kept saying. She would ask how many more bites. We told all of them that if they ate their dinner and were good in church, we would get them ice cream sundaes at McDonalds. THAT didn't even sway her! She would NOT eat. So, the time came that we HAD to leave. E. ran away from the table and started to cry because she wanted ice cream. I said, "You have to eat your dinner and then you can have ice cream." She said, "Can't you pretend that I ate my dinner?" OH it's so hard to say no!!!!! Who thinks like that?! She's only 3!!!!! I guess I'm in a world of trouble if she already out-thinks me at 3 years old!
We did buy her ice cream, and it's currently in the freezer, waiting for her. She did come home and eat SOME of her dinner, but then quickly fell asleep.
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