Dear Abby,
Today Jeb and you had an awesome morning--as usual. I would be crushed if I had to miss this best part of his day. Snuggling in the wee hours, eating breakfast together, and watching Franklin or Little Bear by 8:30!
Today Jeb and I negotiated...he still got to play trucks, but I got to be outside. We took the trucks, loaders, skid steers, dump trucks, trailers out to the porch. We put Caleb in his vibrating chair near us and then set out to gather our materials to be landscapers for the day. We were working for Scott and Jerry. We took the rocks, sticks, mulch and as Jeb said, "they already had all their pretty plants." The front porch looks like a mess, but it was fun and it was gorgeous outside. Nice breeze and sunny, without being too hot!
Caleb did also did his first swinging on the baby swing out there. He was more impressed with the bright yellow tray and the blue and white rope than the actual swinging.
Finished reading Raising Unselfish Kids in a Self-Absorbed World---interesting, thought-provoking concepts...not the best read. Still, I like the overall message of teaching kids to put others first. WE had Cuz Bradley over for the entire day (what a treat!) and Jeb did an AWESOME job letting him drive the Jeep first, pick out his popsicle first, wash hands first, get drinks first--it was amazing. Two steps forward one step back, right? Well, only 2 days later Nana M brings treats...Jeb thought the CARS box was indeed CARS and not CARS cookies...he was not happy and showed his sin side like we all have...we had to have a talk about being thankful and content...he said today that he loved those CARS cookies...Thank you God for the change of heart! He loved the "play-doh" and at the rate he is going having it out to play with and make animal tracks in it will be dried up by the weekend--2 days!
Did you know that 85% of those who come to Christ, come by the age of 13? YIKES--9 more years of training!
"It isn't the world that has taken our children--we've given the world to our children."
Wise Old Wilbur
Lately, I have been thinking that it is time for Jeb to say I'm sorry and use specifics when he apologizes...that way we are all clear on what he understands is the offense. He tries to be defiant by saying "I'm sorry" in baby voices on occasion and J reminded me that that is not going to get it and then I was thinking about making it even more of a training objective by having him say,"I'm sorry I was disrespectful"... or whatever it was. We'll see!
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