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May 26, 2015 by Adrienne

Ha! I managed to get a photo of Sterling with his creation with his new wood burner. We spent the majority of the day at the zoo, seeing, for the first time in a very long time, perhaps ever, every single zoo creature. It was fun. And I’m exhausted.

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And now a poll: how on earth do you teach children to focus and follow through?! I have a few that are running me ragged and still we figure nothing out. I know there has to be a clever way to teach this lesson so it sticks…. Better than the way my feet stick to the floor that some dear child got sidetracked half way through sweeping and mopping and left it covered in sticky crud.

← Sterling turns eight and other pieces of our day.
I like to tell myself that they were thrilled. →

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About Adrienne

A homeschooling mother of ten, ages 19 and under, I chronicle life, laughs, struggles, and lessons learned as I raise a larger-than-most sized family and try to laugh about the craziness.

Comments

  1. Laura's Ramblings says

    May 27, 2015 at 12:23 am

    I make a list. They can cross it off when they’re done. Seems to be doing ok.

  2. Charlotte Moore says

    May 27, 2015 at 4:43 am

    Good job on the picture Sterling. You just might be an artist at wood burning.

  3. Kirsten Pankratz says

    May 27, 2015 at 7:03 am

    Love the wood burner gift! And what a good job he’s doing. Looks like fun!
    Lately, I’ve been pulling my hair out with my 2 oldest dragging jobs out for every or getting distracted. It’s driving me crazy and I was actually thinking of asking your advice….. What I usually do, is add a job if the one they are doing is dragged out or not done at all. That used to work well but I guess they just got used to it. On Sat. while I was at the Farmers Market, Jay gave them a job with a time limit. If they didn’t finish in time, he just gave them the next job and had them go back and finish the first during free-time. I guess this is going to be my new plan. Yesterday, they worked perfectly so who knows. It’s amazing what they can do when they want to and amazing how frustrating it can be when they don’t. Having kids is so humbling. I thought I had all the training stuff figured out before we had any. And I’m too tired to laugh about that this morning……Here’s to a good day where the breakfast dished don’t last until lunch time. 😉

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