We're in Training

With Greg in Memphis to train for his new flying gig, Joey and I are having to relearn this 24/7 thing, especially with all of the snow days we've had. Since Christmas, we've only gone to school 2 or 3 days a week! The first day of homework after Greg left almost drove me to drink. "I can't" and "this is too hard" beat into my brain until I really wanted to puncture my eardrums or shake the baby. I refrained from both and used all the patience I could summon to repeat, "Yes, you can" and "no, it's not". I may have added, "Stop complaining" and "quit whining," once or eighteen thousand times, but who's counting? After posting my dilemma on Facebook, my FB friends gave me lots of good advice, the most commonly given 1. use a timer and 2. talk to his teacher (Does that count if it actually came from his teacher?). I did both and added my own twist-bribery. Hey, don't point fingers-if it works, it works. Two days later, the nine-year old in my charge explained to me that whining doesn't help him get his work done and that it actually takes a lot less time to complete the homework if there is no whining (from either of us!) He woke up yesterday-a snow day-and wanted to start his next project. Dee, I really hope you're going to do the weathering and erosion poster!!!