Negatives:
- Jack was in time-out about 7 times for various things involving terrorizing the dog, his brother and me.
- I got punched the the face by someone who is also known as Noonie.
- There was a ton of crying and whining. None from me though.
- I discovered a bruise on my leg from when I lost my cool the day before. Let me just give you a mental picture: I was inside, the boys were outside. I didn't realize Jack had found a stick. I also didn't realize it was bamboo. He proceeded to poke Luke in the eye with it. Now to the part where I lost my cool: I stomped outside and told Jack he could no longer have the stick. To illustrate my point, I tried to break the stick over my thigh (remember the bamboo part?). It bounced, hence the bruise.
- I baked two delicious loaves of bread.
- I got the mound of laundry washed, dried and put away.
- I followed through on my promise of no yelling.
- The only time my voice's noise level increased was when I involuntarily yelped after Jack stomped on my stomach.
- The sun was out and we got to play baseball in the backyard.
- I applied for some teaching jobs.
- Tim discovered a new park and we went to check it out. It was AWESOME: kid-sized climbing walls, swings, toys, slides, a spray park, a concession stand complete with sno-cones, picnic tables, and......wait for it.......a pond stocked with Bass that kids can fish in even without a license!!!!!!! Like I said, awesome!
- The day ended in a perfect way: spending almost 2 hours on Skype with Chris and Sarah.
