The good the bad and the ugly

I had one of the greatest compliments I have ever received given to me today.  A person I know that is taking parenting classes called me today to explain how the classes are going.  He stated that they are teaching the exact things that we do to raise our children.  It made my day for two reasons. 1) I am glad he is learning new things about parenting and 2) for some reason, Rebecca and I have a knack for this.  Anyway it really made my day.

Our kids wake up to an alarm clock.  When it goes off, they get up without problem.  Cam and Cayden are not used to it yet!  The alarm when off at 645 and they slept straight through it.  I let it go off for about 5 minutes and they didn't move. 

Cam started school today and looked super cute.  For some reason these boys feel that pink and purple are limited to girls only.  Yesterday I wore my pink polo to show that they can be manly.  When Cam got up today he said he wanted to wear his pink polo.....so he did.  Rebecca dropped him off and said he acted shy at first.  When she picked him up, he said he had fun and the staff said he was great.

Cayden really enjoyed his second day of kindergarten.  His teacher said he was a little tired today but he was awarded for his good behavior with the option to pick something out of the treasure box.  He got to go to the box again for helping clean the class room without being asked.  It makes me proud when kids take initiative and he was rewarded tonight. 

Mehkya also had a great day at school.  She really loves her new teacher. I think she is starting to get used to having the boys here but she still misses her privacy.

Bed time went pretty smooth tonight. The room the boys are using used to be our office/gym.  We never put curtains up because we were rarely in there.  The windows face west and it is very bright in there and makes bed time tough, so I found my inner ghetto and hooked up the master piece in the picture below.  We are having a guy come out to put window shades up tomorrow.  Cam got in a little bit of trouble at bed time and started to cry.  When they get in trouble their fall back is missing their mommy.  I understand that but we dont let it fly at our house.

Thanks for all the advice about talking to the kids.  It seems to help. 

All in all it was a good day. 

To be continued....