So let's start with the good news. We had an awesome class at Nankin Mills last week...it was all about Butterflies. It's pretty amazing how butterflies grow and change from caterpillars into butterflies...another one of God's miracles. No one is quite sure what actually happens in that chrysallis....
We got to take home three monarch eggs, and here is one of them, hatched:
You'll need to click on the picture to see it close up, in the bottom left corner of the leaf.
We have a nice supply of milk weed leaves in the fridge, just waiting to be eaten.
In other animal/science news, we had to let the bullfrog tadpoles-turned-frogs go because they were EATING the tiny spring peeper frogs. It was super interesting to watch the whole metamorphosis.
In the bad behavior department, it seems that a lack of routine and extra late nights has made some behavior issues crop up...like constant bickering. Yikes! I am not sure if I am especially sensitive to it since I never really had to fight with any siblings (I was much younger than them, and didn't really live with them most of my life), but the bickering is making my ears start to bleed. :D
I am reading a great book called "Don't Make Me Count to Three". It's about how to incorporate biblical passages and perspectives into your parenting and disciplining. It talks a lot about how our kids should know that we (the parents) answer to a greater authority...parents don't just discipline because we love to yell, be upset, and watch our kids roll their eyes.
Anyone have some great advice or great reading they've done on siblings and arguing?
