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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 396201" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Well I dunno about awesome woman or not........</p><p></p><p>But the kids had a fabulous time despite being disciplined and kept in check. By some miracle we managed to squeeze into 3 days what we normally stretch out through the whole month. On the whole, they were well behaved kids for us. A good thing as of course it makes it so much easier to invite them back for another weekend later down the road. Anything that needed us to step in was nearly all normal kid issues, a very good thing. </p><p></p><p>Yes it could be the notes were in case Alex refused to do for himself to protect him, I hadn't thought of it quite like that but that is a good point.....But he did really well. I even showed him how to wrap presents a time or two and he was able to wrap the rest of his presents himself. He was sooo proud.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/emoticons/likeit.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":likeit:" title="likeit :likeit:" data-shortname=":likeit:" /> We continued to hold the bar high behavior wise for him and he rose to the occasion. I plan to do some heavy duty bragging to Mom and Dad. Actually I plan to lay it on<strong> thick</strong>. lol Not a single repeated question today........no badgering over when the next meal would be or what would be on the menu, no attempting to zone out with a video game, and no tantrum when easy child told both boys today was a no video game day. I was very proud of him. Kayla did better remaining in the child role.....a few over looked slips....but she seemed to enjoy being a child today which is good.</p><p></p><p>Yes Star the tall tales are concerning mostly dear ol' dad............and can she spin them! Good thing I am well practiced at keeping a straight face. To hear her talk I expected him to walk on water. Those concerning katie were slight exaggerations, they hit pretty close to home. I recognized it because I had the same issue as a kid. I'm embarrassed to say some of the enormous whoppers I told about my fabulous mother and my awesome homelife...........omg. lol I never got to the point where I actually believed what I told everyone else.....but then I didn't escape mine either until I left home so I was faced with cruel reality every day. </p><p></p><p>I worry over the reading/spelling because those are such critical skills to have as an adult. Yeah, it's most likely from all the moving and such as Kayla is a very smart child and eager to learn when given half a chance. She learned how to loom over the weekend and took to it like a duck to water. Xmas eve I'll be teaching her to crochet, I have a feeling she'll take to that well too.</p><p></p><p>Hmm. Perhaps if I brag about how we set the bar higher for Alex and he was able to meet it well it will at the very least show katie that he is not functioning as low as she believes him to be. We gave him lots of praise when he earned it and he just beamed. (I don't give false praise as I feel in the long run it can cause the opposite result) I hope he goes home and brags to them all the things he did for himself.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 396201, member: 84"] Well I dunno about awesome woman or not........ But the kids had a fabulous time despite being disciplined and kept in check. By some miracle we managed to squeeze into 3 days what we normally stretch out through the whole month. On the whole, they were well behaved kids for us. A good thing as of course it makes it so much easier to invite them back for another weekend later down the road. Anything that needed us to step in was nearly all normal kid issues, a very good thing. Yes it could be the notes were in case Alex refused to do for himself to protect him, I hadn't thought of it quite like that but that is a good point.....But he did really well. I even showed him how to wrap presents a time or two and he was able to wrap the rest of his presents himself. He was sooo proud.:likeit: We continued to hold the bar high behavior wise for him and he rose to the occasion. I plan to do some heavy duty bragging to Mom and Dad. Actually I plan to lay it on[B] thick[/B]. lol Not a single repeated question today........no badgering over when the next meal would be or what would be on the menu, no attempting to zone out with a video game, and no tantrum when easy child told both boys today was a no video game day. I was very proud of him. Kayla did better remaining in the child role.....a few over looked slips....but she seemed to enjoy being a child today which is good. Yes Star the tall tales are concerning mostly dear ol' dad............and can she spin them! Good thing I am well practiced at keeping a straight face. To hear her talk I expected him to walk on water. Those concerning katie were slight exaggerations, they hit pretty close to home. I recognized it because I had the same issue as a kid. I'm embarrassed to say some of the enormous whoppers I told about my fabulous mother and my awesome homelife...........omg. lol I never got to the point where I actually believed what I told everyone else.....but then I didn't escape mine either until I left home so I was faced with cruel reality every day. I worry over the reading/spelling because those are such critical skills to have as an adult. Yeah, it's most likely from all the moving and such as Kayla is a very smart child and eager to learn when given half a chance. She learned how to loom over the weekend and took to it like a duck to water. Xmas eve I'll be teaching her to crochet, I have a feeling she'll take to that well too. Hmm. Perhaps if I brag about how we set the bar higher for Alex and he was able to meet it well it will at the very least show katie that he is not functioning as low as she believes him to be. We gave him lots of praise when he earned it and he just beamed. (I don't give false praise as I feel in the long run it can cause the opposite result) I hope he goes home and brags to them all the things he did for himself. [/QUOTE]
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