| Last year, my 14 yo was trying out for the 'dance team'. She was practicing 15 hours a week at night at the dance studio. We were constantly driving her back and forth. We hated it.
This year - I said No. You are going to be home at night, every night. We'll have dinner together and you can do your homework. No TV or Internet during the weekdays. Come home and study and go to bed.
It is soooo much better - so much more peaceful - and She Likes it better too...time for her to just unwind.
Tomorrow morning, I am going to cut up the trees that came down in the storm. Gonna crank up the new chainsaw and I have committed her to helping me. I will cut, she will drag the smaller branches out to the curb. She babysits her younger sister tomorrow night while the wife and I go out to eat.
And we are teaching the little one to clean bathrooms and she likes it. She took great pride in cleaning the sinks, toilets and showers last night. I guess she has seen her parents do it so much that she wanted to be like us...wow they looked so good this morning. Shining.
We are simplifying and I am really enjoying it.
Our lives are so complicated now...  |