Family Time

Jill's borrowed suggestion went very well tonight!

I put the small slips of paper with family activities on them in a small cup and let Gracie pick one out at 7pm for family time. She thought this was pretty neat, but was ecstatic when she realised we would do whatever the paper said. She drew the paper that said: "board games." I explained that we would play board games until 7:45. She picked her new Dora ABC game first, and then we played Candyland. I must note that Daddy won. This is because he claims he has never won Candyland.

Things got a little hairy when it was time for bed, but her tears dried up quickly when we reminded her that family time would be every night and she would have to be a good girl and get ready for bed or we wouldn't have as much fun.

On the whole Gracie was a little easier to deal with today. I pre-packaged school work sheets for the rest of the week after Emma went down for a very early morning nap. I had her breakfast ready and on the table for when she got up, we did school work together and found time for a craft. It was the cutest bunny purse you make out of foamies.

The only problem we had came after lunch. I had invited the girls over to taste the veggies from the garden, but no one but Colette and Mallory showed. Anyway, after lunch Mallory played with Gracie who was eating up the attention. When I announced it was nap time, Gracie threw a fit. I hate when she does that when we have company over!!! I told her she would have to stop fussing and find a book. This didn't happen, so I threatened to take away her story before nap. This is when she angrily announced "I don't want story time!" So, I followed through. She spent the next hour crying and fussing from my bed. I talked to her an hour later and she calmed down. She had to remain in bed for rest time.

The rest of the afternoon went very well.

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