Here is an update on each of us:
- Noelle: was part of the make-up crew for the school play, has been busy with friends, played paintball with the youth group, attempted to ride a mechanical bull while on the paintball trip which caused her to nearly break her hand, thinks we are unfair parents
- Michael: continues with soccer, is excited to find out that with indoor soccer there is no such thing as out of bounds~which means you can play the ball off the wall, is making some really cool sounds on his guitar, thinks we are unfair parents
- Sean: has bid on a few jobs, organized the shop, will have ads with coupons printed on the back of some register receipts from the grocery stores in town, thinks we are fair parents
- Me: have not worked much as of late due to the census being low (I believe this is the hospitals way of having the nurses used to having 6-8 patients so when the census picks up and there are more patients, we are already used to having 6-8 patients so "nothing has changed"), remembered I had a cross stitch I started last year and started working on it again, argued with insurance companies, went fishing with my dad~(pictures of our "big catches" to be posted), think we are fair parents
Sean and I are also attending a "Scream Free Parenting" class at church. I have really tried to follow the things we are learning and believe it or not, this guy is right. Things have been much quieter at our house lately. One of the things we learned is that "kids need their room". The night we had this lesson, we came home and told the kids that their room is their room and if they want to have a messy room that's fine, but they have to keep the door closed and no friends can go in their rooms.
This has actually worked pretty well. You can imagine how this went over with Noelle's friends. Not only does she get to write on one of her walls, but now she is not constantly told to clean her room.
We may be unfair parents, but we sure are cool!
