This has been a rough week. It actually started off bad last Saturday, when I discovered that I was going through brake fluid like crazy. Harold had to take it in and wait over 3hrs, with the 3 kids at the garage as it got fixed. Luckily, I had thrown some work books and crayons into the truck before he left since I had to go on to work.
The Heather and Charles are still grounded from the TV, Xbox, pool (raining so it doesn’t matter at the moment), and going out to do anything special. But Charles has been eating, he was barely eating a few days ago. They have been coloring and playing quietly. If they behave, they will no longer be grounded Saturday and then may be they can go swimming. I have Monday off, so if they are good we would love to take them to the zoo.
For the last two days, I got them to do their workbooks. Heather is getting much need practiced on math. I’m trying to get Charles to slow down and pay attention to what he is doing. Cheyanne is a pain to get her to practice writing her letters and numbers. She is lazy when it comes to them. I put the other two on to other things or having them correct the ones I found wrong, while I try to push her to write. She seems to think that being cute will help her get out of doing it. When she tried it, I put her into a corner until she was ready to try again.
Since they are grounded, I’m worried about their lack of physical activity. So I had them walk down to the mail box with me, which is about 1/4 mile away. On the way back they ran, so I was happy to see them use up some of their energy.
I actually balanced our check book today. I haven’t been able to do it for the last 2 weeks, which is horrible for me. I usually do it every few days…..it is amazing how much money we spend at wally world. =( Damn, I wish there was a competitor around here. Now I need to play catch up on receipts and pay our quarterly taxes. I think I’ll just get the receipts organized and that will be half the battle.
I just got them down for bed, not helping that a neighbor is making noise. =( Showed the youngest how to cover her ears.