today...

was back to routine day.

it did not go well.

camille forgot her lunch. got her phone taken away. izzy and logi got into a brawl before and after school.

these three are not sitting happily on the couch like here opening advent gifts...

they did finally return to school, after 18 days of winter break. the house was quiet and calm with just the doggies and me.

that is until the sweet darlings returned from school. and all hell broke lose. seriously. each is now in their room, banished from cell phones, and tvs and even homework. they are writing sentences...something like..."i will not cause chaos and havoc before or after school".

there are moments like this when it is so hard to be a mom. i don't know if writing 200 --(yes 200 for today) sentences will really teach them to stop doing the bad behaviors, but once the crying is over and they actually start writing, it gives me a little bit of time to talk myself out of the freak out i am about to have. :)

i wonder what other parents do when things escalate between siblings?? alex makes them do yard work...which is usually where they share their screaming matches with all the neighbors. i like the sentences. it gives me a bit of peace, and my children have the best handwriting. and then we discuss the issues at hand.

well its dinner time. i'll do that and see if things perk up.

xoxo