Flu has hit and gone

My husband, my second son and I all had the flu this past week.  I haven't had the flu since I was twenty and it is no fun. Especially when your spouse is sick at the same time and you have a one year old to take care if.  Let's just say she watched a lot of Dora the past week.  But thankfully we are on the mend and starting to get back to normal. 

Photos January 7

Cleaned and rearranged boys playroom. Much better but will be a pain when it comes time to paint. 

Do I smell something burning?

Found this on top of a light bulb that was on. So glad I found it in time. 

Snowmogaden 2014

Of course the day we get over a foot of snow my husband has the flu. Three driveway shovels later and I am exhausted.  

 

I just shoveled ten minutes ago.  

Year in photos - January 5

Look where I found my daughter (16 mo). 

Year in photos - January 4

Busy day.  In laws came for a visit and instead of staying overnight left before the snow storm starts tonight. We opened gifts and had a wonderful visit. Forgot to take pictures in all the mess but here is one of wonderella the stuffie Poppa gave my daughter. 

Restorative discipline

We have needed to do some sort of new discipline system in our house for the past couple of months.  The boys have forgotten how to listen and be kind to each other.  My second sons classroom uses this system of discipline with card flipping and the ability to go up or down.  I tried a ladder type approach to this before and it worked well.  With this one we start fresh each day and the consequences and rewards are clearly stated and given immediately. Let's hope this turns their behavior around for 2014.  

Granted it's not perfect pretty like my craftier friends would create but I managed to create it in 30 minutes and that's all the time I had to give to this.  I will update in a couple weeks on our progress. 

Year in photos - January 2

First snow of 2014