Since the "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" approach was working so well on her talking the wrong way, we decided to see if it would work on a few other things.  Mainly, her endless stupid quiestions(yes, I know, I've heard it said that there are no stupid questions BUT...you don't live with Leona!)and annoying chatter. 

So, I hired all the kids to think of a lot stupid questions they could ask her.  The only rule was that she could not be eating while they were asking her.  Do you know that 6 kids (and me too!) can come up with A LOT of stupid questions.  Hey Leona, how many ears do you have?  Do you have 2 eyes or one?  Is your hair blond?  Hey Leona, what is your name?  Am I your sister (boy asking)? 

It seems to be working quite well!  She has actually come to a point where it is difficult for her to stay angry with us (so funny to see this!) so asking her all these questions does not provoke her to wrath (although a few months ago, it may have) and she actually laughs even though she may be a little annoyed.  BUT, she started to ask a dumb question and caught herself and turned it into a joke instead.  SO, I think it may be working. 

Of course, she has lost more control and has to try to make up for it in other areas.  She went back to her old standby of wetting her pants twice this week.  I happily cleaned it up for her "because I love her".  She said I was "grumpy" (because I cleaned it). Strange how that works!

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