little bit of happy

1-30-13

Sleep is one of those things that can really improve one’s outlook.

Day three of the no yelling project is now complete. I am doing pretty well with this. The boys do seem to do things that I can feel myself wanting to yell at them for, but the angry hushed tones or even just simply telling them punishments that will doled out is clearly more effective. In fact, even arguments with Dax are less intense. He does still want to argue with me. Last night I asked him why he kept disagreeing with me to which he responded with, “I am not disagreeing with you!” Silly kid.

I have spent a great deal of time coloring the last couple days. Yes, you read that correct. Sandy had given the boys these kaleidoscope coloring sheets that I guess are supposed to be good for kids. Well, they have been nice for me since it allows me to work on something while in there that is ok to be interrupted, yet at the same time is something that makes it so I can let them do their work without too much interaction.

I also am trying hard to not fall into Bobby’s traps of me just doing his homework. Last night he had to write sentences. I know this kid is creative, but he can be lazy. He will pout when he can’t come up with a sentence for a word. Dax will fire off tons of ideas, but ultimately I know Bobby just wants me to come up with a sentence for him. So instead of me complying, I would ask him questions about the word, hoping that he would then come up with a sentence. Really, the one thing that gets him moving is incentive to go play. Granted, sometimes that just ends in tears, but either way, it does show results.

Tonight I have to help him with his biography report. Luckily it is set up in such a way that there are a lot of fill in the blanks of this worksheet. I think we should be good.

I really wish I could bring Luna to work with me.

Today I am going to try and take one of my happy baggies to the security guard that is always so nice to us when we ride past him to go to the grocery store. I have made 20 of these little bags and will hand them out to random people. They are my 20 random acts of kindness. They are not grand or filled with anything impressive. My hopes are that they will just bring a smile to people.