So, I realize it's been an exceptionally long time since I blogged. It's not for lack of funny things my children have said, it's more a lack of motivation to write it down. I'm currently having a bachelorette evening with the CHF. She is supposed to be in her bed but the past few nights she's woken up and crawled her bony little body into our bed. She hasn't done this for quite some time so I'm figuring she's having a growth spurt because isn't that the answer for any odd or regressive behavior with your children?
Last night, she was supposed to be eating her dinner and much to my dismay she was playing and doing everything she possibly could to avoid eating. This wouldn't be a problem for me, however it never fails that she gets hungry right before she has to go to bed which increases my workload. I don't actually like to have my workload increased when I'm trying to wind down. After much discussion with her, I finally decided she'd need to go stand in the corner, which is something I had to do from time to time with Monkey and it worked pretty well with him. The CHF is of course another story. I told her I'd start the 5 minute clock when she became compliant. She was in the corner a good 7 minutes before I could even start the clock, coming up with all kinds of reasons why she couldn't stand there, from having to pee to letting me know that her food was getting cold. I decided to avoid using the opportunity as a lesson in irony. When she was finally calming down and I was about to start the clock, she alerted me that she really didn't like spending time in the DAMN corner. I literally had to hide behind the entertainment center so that I could laugh hysterically.
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