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This is a record I think for not updating my blog! You see I've been very busy in our time off from school! No relaxing summers around here! We are having BOOT CAMP. All kinds of Boot camp. First of all, we had "learn to eat what mom cooks" boot camp. That's the boot camp you have when you are tired of all the complaing about what you've cooked! My children are so stubborn that they would rather starve than learn to eat some vegetables (I take responsibility for spoiling them all these years-I have no idea what I was thinking-so if you're reading this--don't make the same mistake!! You could have 9 kids someday and that is A LOT of complaining). We have successfully ended this boot camp and 98% of the time everyone eats their veggies and beans without complaining, gagging, pretending to vomit, and just general fooling around. Of course, there are still a few who find the need to test every now and again, hence the 98%. Next came, "quit fooling around after you get tucked into bed" boot camp. I have the kind of kids who wake at the crack of dawn no matter what time they go to bed, so I decided they needed to get to sleep instead of playing in their beds. They are doing pretty good with this one now, except for one who has decided to be very testy recently. The very testy one is Leona. I am guessing she just feels comfortable enough with us to begin testing us about many things. Josephine has settled down with her testiness and is doing much better. The biggest thing we tried to conquer with her recently was that she would be playing happily with Noah all day and then suddenly start grumping at him if he were to sit by her at dinner...she got to sit by him at dinner for a few weeks and has since gotten over her grumping. I did tell her she would be sitting by him until she got happy about it. Thankfully, it worked! She still has her moments but has come SOOOOO far since she arrived. Leona on the other hand went through a brief period at first where she was a little stubborn and then settled down and was fine for a long time. Now she has decided to test and boy can she be STUBBORN! For example, one night she ate a chicken sandwich just fine and happily and two days later (leftovers!!) she refused to eat the same thing. I kept giving it back to her until she ate it (that was one of our boot camp policies). Just as the food pickiness settled down, I came to realize that she had some other issues that needed some attention. Mostly she is getting herself in a lot of trouble for lying. About dumb things. Even things she knows she will not get in trouble for UNLESS she lies. I'm sure it will just take some time before she realizes that we really mean what we say. It took about two months with the food pickiness (by the way, when she came she ate ANYTHING I cooked and loved it!). We are hoping that the most recent issues will NOT take 2 months for her to learn that we really mean what we say! On a more positive and much more important note, Leona did recently ask Jesus into her heart and we are very thankful for that. She has been praying and asking for God's help to overcome her lying and the other things we are working on. The biggest one is making it to the potty before she pees her pants (something an almost 7 yr. old should be able to do). It turns out that she is not a bedwetter after all. We had her in pullups since she arrived but mistakenly forgot to wear them a few times and she miraculously woke up dry. Each night she had a pullup on, it would be wet. It turned out she had been lying in her bed and peeing while she was awake. She does not wear pullups anymore and the only problem she seems to have is getting to the potty in time although, she seems to be able to hold it when she wants to (more stubborness, I think!). Other than that, we have been doing some sewing projects and the kids have been enjoying the $8 pool I got for them at a yard sale. I've sewed a few newborn size cloth diapers for the baby and Bailey sewed me some cloth diaper wipes today (I ran out of the store bought variety and paper towels too!). She did a good job, it was good practice. Next project: modest swimwear.......scared about this one! Someday I hope to get our schoolwork for next year set up. I had wanted to start a few weeks ago! OOPS--just having too much fun with boot camp I guess! I'm sure I will win the meanest mom ever award after posting this entry! Have a great night!! |
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