Monday, November 17, 2008

15 Minutes

The boys just went back to school today after a (way too long) four day break. The first two days were pure insanity, and by Saturday morning I'd instituted a new rule to quiet things down around here. The minute anyone yelled, fought, hit, whined or talked back, they were immediately sent to their room for 15 minutes. Wow, are my timer-setting fingers ever tired!

Saturday turned out to be a very quiet day. At any given time, one to two boys were upstairs serving their sentence. I couldn't believe the silence! By Sunday, the boys had mellowed tremendously, so I treated them all to a bubble bath in the Jacuzzi tub. They loved it:


You'd think that after two days of strict punishment, the boys would have had it all figured out. Well, it snowed pretty good last night, so this morning at the bus stop the boys went a little nuts. Rolling in the snow, eating it, picking it up... things I don't allow them to do in the mornings as they're waiting for the bus. (They get too wet and cold, and I am not about to supervise 20 kids having a snowball fight at the bus stop.)

Needless to say, when Riley and Shannon get home tonight, they each have a 45 minute time-out waiting for them. I guess they didn't realize the rules also applied to school days.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I thought Corey was afraid of the big tub? When did he get over his fear?

Also, wow, 45 minute time out?

One more thing... Why a 4 day break a week and a half before Thanksgiving?

-Curious Aunt Kells

Colleen said...

Yes, he WAS afraid, and he just stood by it for the longest time, then the next thing I know, he's naked and trying really hard to climb in without killing himself.

15 min/infraction. Riley did all three of the things I mentioned.

The four day break- I thought the same thing! 5 1/2 days of no school in one month. The rationale was conferences.