Some of you know that the last three weeks have been pretty rough for our family. When Kinsley was about 2 months old, we thought we were learning soo much about being parents. We have now learned that the baby stage is easy peasy (or God just gave us a really easy baby, which I think is most likely the case)! Parenting is defined as: 1. the rearing of children 2. the methods, techniques, etc., used or required in the rearing of children 3. the state of being a parent; parenthood.
Parenting is hard!! We are trying to figure out what the best "methods" or "techniques" are in "rearing" our sweet 9 year old boy. The last two days, amazingly, have been perfect (almost)! On Monday we started a behavior chart with Louis and if he gets a certain amount of stars each week, he gets an allowance. You don't think that's bribery, do you? Well, we think it's working! Woo hoo! We know this won't last forever because everyone has their days and moments when things just don't go right and we are prepared for this.
Last night I was doing laundry while both of my precious children were sound asleep (amazingly) and I was waiting for my wonderful husband to get home from a late night at work; I was folding little boy boxers and little bitty girl leggings and onesies and thinking how much I love being a mom!
