Well -- life at the Erdmier house has definitely changed over the past month. School starting has had an affect on all of us. Dinner is earlier, Bath time is earlier, and our Drama Queen has had a rude awakening. Of course like all parents we blame the other one for the acts our children begin in order to get attention. But we all know it is Brandon.
The first 2 weeks Sable didn't want to take a bath, she wanted to be outside with daddy, she wanted to do anything except what she was suppose to. And of course the good ol' question -- what did you do at school today? is answered with Nothin'.
We had to pull out the Love and Logic after two weeks of crying, throwing fits, and slamming doors. It has worked rather well, we have had a few interesting conversations circumment for instance:
We were at the grocery store and Sable was already upset because she wanted to be swimming at her friends house. We told her she could go when we got back. She then starts saying she is too tired to walk and she wanted to ride in the buggy. Love and logic extraordinaire mom speaks up and says, "Sable, you have two choices, one you can ride in the buggy but because you are too tired to walk it must mean you are too tired to swim. The other choice is to walk like a big girl and swim when we get home". Okay, so mom thought she had it under control.
Sable then says, "Mom, I think that those are your two choices not mine!" So much for the extraordinaire part.
Other than that -- our little dramas -- life has been pretty good for the Erdmier's. Colby is growing like and weed and his head has been correcting itself. He can sit up by hisself now and is into touching your face or earrings or hair.... whatever he can get his hands on. And for any of you who thought he was puny and a little wryly at birth -- not so much anymore.
Brandon has his foot in many doors right now and we are very excited and blessed about them.
So I think I will keep him around for a little longer.
We got to spend a wonderful little vacation in Santa Monica, CA this past weekend. Visited some family, ate some shrimp, etc. The vacation was good for us -- time together. It did remind me of something my grandmother said a while back. When you start getting old all you do is plan your day around when you eat. On Monday of our trip we had several dining locations we wanted to visit so we ate lunch at 10:30/2nd lunch at 3:30 / appetizers at 7:00 / and dinner at 9:00 -- "here's to getting old!"
The first 2 weeks Sable didn't want to take a bath, she wanted to be outside with daddy, she wanted to do anything except what she was suppose to. And of course the good ol' question -- what did you do at school today? is answered with Nothin'.
We had to pull out the Love and Logic after two weeks of crying, throwing fits, and slamming doors. It has worked rather well, we have had a few interesting conversations circumment for instance:
We were at the grocery store and Sable was already upset because she wanted to be swimming at her friends house. We told her she could go when we got back. She then starts saying she is too tired to walk and she wanted to ride in the buggy. Love and logic extraordinaire mom speaks up and says, "Sable, you have two choices, one you can ride in the buggy but because you are too tired to walk it must mean you are too tired to swim. The other choice is to walk like a big girl and swim when we get home". Okay, so mom thought she had it under control.
Sable then says, "Mom, I think that those are your two choices not mine!" So much for the extraordinaire part.
Other than that -- our little dramas -- life has been pretty good for the Erdmier's. Colby is growing like and weed and his head has been correcting itself. He can sit up by hisself now and is into touching your face or earrings or hair.... whatever he can get his hands on. And for any of you who thought he was puny and a little wryly at birth -- not so much anymore.
Brandon has his foot in many doors right now and we are very excited and blessed about them.
So I think I will keep him around for a little longer.
We got to spend a wonderful little vacation in Santa Monica, CA this past weekend. Visited some family, ate some shrimp, etc. The vacation was good for us -- time together. It did remind me of something my grandmother said a while back. When you start getting old all you do is plan your day around when you eat. On Monday of our trip we had several dining locations we wanted to visit so we ate lunch at 10:30/2nd lunch at 3:30 / appetizers at 7:00 / and dinner at 9:00 -- "here's to getting old!"
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