I Don't Wanna Talk About It.

But it's hard to do a blog post when choosing to not talk about something. The school year has begun, and yeah, I don't wanna talk about it.

1. In some ways we're doin' ok. I'm getting Huston and Isaiah off to a gradual start and it seemed to be going pretty well. I was purtin' near babying them. Well no more of that, cuz...

2. The attitude is kicking in. My kids don't wanna work at school. If it takes more than 10 minutes and it's something they have to stop and think about then they don't want to do it and they complain and whine and ask for a break... so...

3. I'm getting mean. Today I "locked" Isaiah in his room all morning and made him work non-stop until lunch time. I eased off him after lunch and allowed him to run outside for quite awhile. After at least 2 hours of free time in this beautiful weather and even a little movie break I asked him to start back on another lesson and the attitude returned full force. Stink - er. I totally became not pleasant. He got the picture and did another half hour or so before I had to leave to work a bit this evening. Making my plans cement even further in my mind...

4. I'm taking away more toys. I picked up their cotton-pickin' Lincoln logs for the last time this morning. They are in the attic with the legos, Play Mobile, castle stuff and all other toys that have 15 gazillion parts. There are still a few things out but I will continue to weed away until the only thing they can do is school. Maybe if the options aren't around the attitude will change. I'm willing to try...

5. I'm also going to be more structured and strict with our priorities. I am too easily swayed too often. I'm going to be a mean mom and hopefully in the end they'll like me for it.

But for now, I don't wanna talk about it.