Young Cheesy

Greetings y'all;

Aww Thursday is here at last ! The panic day of the teacher week. Been thinking we have time and then suddenly realize we have two days to prepare and lots of meetings to wrap up.... Gulp! Fortunately I work with an amazing teacher and we both sorta keep our stress level to a minimum.

You know it's funny but after I posted on yesterdays late blog we went to karate and A-Rob got wound up. Not out of control more like excited eight year old boy. He loss a race ( we've told him about a kajillion times to look at the finish line not the other racers or the mirror) fell to the floor for a moment then looked at me like " rut roh , I'm in trouble" Well played young cheesy ( he called himself that one) because now the ball is in my court. How do I react? Disapproving look? Are and finger wag? Naw I drew a deep breath and and smiled, chortled and made a fish swimming sign. He smiled back and had a great rest of training. The gesture was to remind him he is fish and swim , they tend not to win foot races. We love hand gestures , positive ones , and non verbal cues. They are quick, easy, and don't draw attention. It worked well yesterday but it was dodgy . Not because of him, he just missed his pop but because I was cranky and had to change my perspective. I also broke a solemn vow I made with my young man. I promised to watch him during his karate training but I focused on talking to adults instead. Mowgli noticed I wasn't watching his every move and was frustrated. I apologized to him , bad dad :( I tried making it up to him by setting up some hang out time with his friends from karate. I refuse to say play date !

Folks please review the the websites I suggest I read a mountain of info and pass on very little. I will be more conscious of recommending more sources. I rely heavily on Susan Stiffleman's www.parentingwithoutpowerstruggles.com
and empowering parents. Ms Stiffleman mirrors and reinforces my parenting style. I give her full credit for getting us started with our boating analogies and for "coming along side rather than at my child" thank you Ms. Stiffleman .


Ok time to finish baking some bread, start learning how to knit and coffee. My first mate awaits the his captain .

Thanks for reading again today.