Family photo 2013

Family photo 2013

Sunday, April 20, 2008

My lectures work wonders.

Jayla was in her room with the door closed, secretly hovered over a notebook writing something.
I walked in and saw this: DON'T EVER COME IN MY ROOM. JAYLA KIM DEUTSCH
She was getting tape to hang her sign on the bedroom door.
I said, "Jayla, that isn't a very nice note, is it? Don't you like to go into your brothers' room to play? What if they said you couldn't come in? How would that make you feel? It would probably make you feel sad and left out. And, remember how you don't like to sleep alone, so we put your littlest brother in with you and you now share a room with him?"
She looked down, thought for a moment and conceded, "you're right mom."
I walked out. Yea for me. I really got through to her with my words of wisdom.

I come back moments later to put some laundry away and find this, corrected sign on the door.
DON'T EVER COME IN ARE ROOM. JAYLA KIM AND STRYDER GENE DEUTSCH.
Okay then. Much better.

2 comments:

Alicia said...

Laughing!! I like this girl! Davis has been complaining lately about all the things he HAS to help with. I offered up this solution...I will just stop doing the things I do for you so I can do the things you HAVE to help with instead. Works until the next time he HAS to do something.

Katy said...

I love it how when we try to impart these deep lessons on our kids and they take away things we weren't really intending. Sometimes they are so smarter than us!

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