So far today I have:
- 4 baskets of Laundry folded and put away
- cleaned my kitchen, countertops, stovetop and floor
- taken and picked up 2 boys from school
- took one door off it's hinges (boys' room)
- been told that I hate one of my boys
- been screamed at
- had things thrown at me
Yes. I took the boys' door off. I told them yesterday that if they slammed the door one more time their door was going bye-bye. So today, C had a fit about one thing or another (probably having to do his homework, a weekly fight). I told him to go to his room and get a better attitude... off he went, slamming the door on the way in. I immediately went and got my hammer and flat-head screwdriver and WA-LAH! No door!
Then I gave them another doozy. Not only did they lose their door, but I don't want to see the mess in their room. SOOOOOO, they need to clean it up!
C proceeded to throw another fit about that and made an even bigger mess... and lost his nightstand.
Now. Mommy fed them pizza for dinner because she doesn't have the patience to deal with dinner and try to deal with screaming, fit-throwing boys.
Yeah. What a day.
A family of 5, with 3 big little monsters... trying to keep it together, making it one day at a time, all by the Grace of God!
2 comments:
ARGH!!!!! I HATE THOSE DAYS!!!!!!
When Ethan was in second grade, we were going on our third year of fighting over homework. It did not matter that we had a routine and did not deviate, it did not matter that he had his own small perfectly clean "desk" to do his homework on. We fought on. So, about 1/2 way through the year I asked the teacher about what the school consequences were for getting your homework done. They sounded good. So I told her about our constant struggle and told her I would no longer be in charge of Ethan's homework. I did not want to keep doing this his whole school life and if he was going to learn how to take care of his homework, I would rather he do it now and fail then to fail in high school. Please tell me teacher when you think I need to step in, otherwise I will be totally out of this equation. She said it was great. I stepped out. Flash forward to the end of the year, and Ethan always does his homework and takes care of it himself. Flash forward to sixth grade and in nerd school, and he still does his work on his own. This of course only works if the teacher is doing her/his job. Now the consequence for you is the stuff hanging in the hallway to show the kids off will really show off that your child works independently; but I find the teachers I want are the ones that notice my kids do their own work-- not that my kids have a mom that does beautiful projects for them.
As to taking off the door, I once took out everything on Ethan's half of the bedroom and he had to earn it back. Cruel me, but we only had to almost go there one more time.
For slamming the door, I made them open and shut it nicely 100 times. I like no door idea better! Jef is a door slammer. Maybe I will take his door! ahahahahahaha
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I LOVE the practicing closing teh door 100 times - we do that a lot at our house - going up and down the stairs 5 times or opening and re-closing the cupboard door to practice. I need to employ it more around here. And LOVE LOVE LOVE taking the door off. I think that is logical consequences... and you know how much I love that.
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