Today the kids have been confined to the house. It's dark and windy outside and the skies open up quite often so the sidewalk and yard are wet and quite muddy. This morning all they wanted to do was play video games or watch tv. They were fighting, talking back, and just generally not behaving.
In the not so distant past, I would have lost it at that point. But I didn't. I calmly and firmly told them that there would be no television or video games this morning. It was like a light bulb went off over their heads and they stopped arguing with me. They didn't stop arguing with each other right away, but that ended fairly quickly as well.
After that point we really had a productive day. The girls finished their math lessons and read. L7 read for me in the back room and did some work with the math manipulatives. The baby went down for her nap on time and slept for 2 hours, too!
I was able to keep up with day 2 of the Get Dressed Challenge. I'm not dressed super nicely- I have jeans on, but I'm wearing a nice top and did my hair again. The kids kept asking where we were going this morning because I was dressed "up". :)
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