What a lot of mosquitoes out tonight!!!! We went out into the field at Mum & Dad's after supper and you had to keep moving out there or get carried off to a mosquito lair I'm sure. The kids didn't have much trouble, they never stand still for more than a few seconds anyway. Honey did a couple laps around the track Dad keeps mowed for Grammie to walk the dog, she must have covered at least a kilometre!
We had a great dinner & visit with Grammie & Grandad and Sweetie & Honey helped do the dishes afterwards. Our walk didn't last long and we came rushing back in, chased by hordes of those blood sucking leeches with wings. blech!
Lovey & Sweetie did some violin for us while we were there. Sweetie has gotten the E string under control and is now working on her A string. She's hoping to surprise the violin teacher in the fall by already knowing the introductory songs for all the different strings. Lovey has some great new material and she & Murray do violin/guitar duets for us some nights! Her playing is improving all the time and she still really enjoys it.
We got home a bit late and were trying to get the kids into bed. Honey of course went straight to work, got pj's on, clothes picked out for tomorrow, no fuss, no muss. However, Curly & Moe were NOT in compliance. After several requests, one threat of a spanking and still more mayhem & way too much merriment for 8:30pm, Murray & I both converged on them and Murray even spoke harshly and sent them to bed with no stories (Honey had been read to earlier at M&D's). They were incredulous! "no STORIES?!??!?!?!"
Sweetie took the reprimand hard. She has been bending over backwards lately, being extra cheerful, extra helpful, extra sweet and thoughtful. She hasn't had a throw down fit in..... I can't remember how long. She prays at night for God to help her not to have any crying, fussing, screaming, whining fits and it seems to be working most of the time. We comment on it every once in awhile to let her know we've noticed how much effort she's putting into being good. Tonight's episode seemed like a major setback to her and she was sure she was the worst kid ever and that we couldn't love her anymore (mind you, this is also the late night pre-bed drama/ waterworks show she's especially good at and has to be taken with a grain of salt!)
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