Hello!
It will be another short post tonight because I can hardly keep my eyes open to write this!
Look how many steps my Accupedo app has logged for me today…that is a full 9 mile school run, a short game of tig, a bit of housework, getting dinner ready, racing Eldest around his school (I am faster than I give myself credit for. My boys were impressed) and probably a few other things besides.
Our day started with the kids not wanting to leave the house and not being the best of friends, but progressed to them running around the playground in the evening sunshine, while we waited to chat to Youngest’s nursery keyworker. He got a glowing report, as usual!
From Textfixer
The boys were extremely volatile when they got in, however, and it took some fancy parenting footwork from Hubby and me to get them calm enough for a bath, cuddles and bed. Upon reading tonight’s words, I thought about this and the strategies we use. We are not perfect by any stretch of the imagination (I screeched a bit on the schoolrun!) but Hubby and I learned a while ago that connection works better than opposition with our two. I think the speaker in the poem has a different approach…
Horrible Coward Chart Ballerina Concert World Drench Agency Exception
Although she screamed that I was horrible
I’m not some sort of parenting coward;
I tore up her behaviour chart rewards
Ripped right through her prized ballerina.
I told her I would not attend her concert
(Did not take pictures, even though I snuck in)
You would have thought her world
Had collapsed around her frilly frock!
I swear she wanted to drench me in tears
But I just walked away, firmly.
There won’t be concessions made;
Blackmail through the agency of emotion
Will not be tolerated. (Without exception)
How else is she ever going to learn…?
I am going to walk away from you lovely people, myself. I hope you have a great day, whatever you get up to tomorrow. 🙂
I…am…soooo…tiiiired…. na night, all!
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