Sarah was actually good at church today!! HORRAY! We had Christine and Justin overnight, and, of course, missed Sacrament. OOPS! But got there in time to get everyone to class and teach my own class. I was nervous to drop Sarah off this Sunday, because she was super excited about Christine and Justin being over, so I assumed she wouldn't be good. But, in the car, on the way, we went over, again, how to be reverent and that we aren't allowed to sit next to Brigham (really, I think he's just adorable. But the combination of him and my daughter is just not a good one, HA!). I brought her into Primary, and saw her teacher, Kelly, and told her that Sarah can't sit next to Brigham and that we had a long chat about everything. She seemed happy that she wasn't the only one disciplining her and that her behavior was not acceptable to us either. I saw Kelly after church was over, and she said she did fantastic! She said she was even quiet and still during sharing time! Gosh, I hope that's true. HA! Tara, you'll have to tell me. Just hard to believe that I can get 2 good hours out of her.
Christine came to class with me today, to help me with Taylor, since Allan had to go back home and print some stuff out for the scout meeting after church. She took Taylor out for a minute, and walked past the Primary room, during singing time. She said they were singing "Sunbeam" and all she could hear was Sarah singing. HA! She does love the Sunbeam song. I just hope she wasn't jumping, like we do in FHE. Sorry!
I had a chat with Kristin Chesnik, who, I know had had similar problems with her son. She gave me some great advice, and I'm greatful for that. I hope that I can try some things and maybe that will help a little. I'm also trying to do some things myself, because I recognize that a lot of the things, if not all, that she is doing, is my fault. She's bored, she doesn't get enough of my attention, I'm getting frustrated with her, I'm not taking time to really listen and understand her and I'm stressed. These are all things that we, as mom's just do from time to time. We get so caught up in EVERYTHING going on, that we forget that we need to take a second and just color, or snuggle, or read a book.
She was really good this weekend, minimal time outs. I'm hoping that because I'm more aware, she'll continue to be on the upswing. We'll see. I'll keep ya posted.
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Woohoo! That's great!!! She must have been good, because I didn't even notice her. Last week I DID! :) So that's a good thing to not notice her :)
You're right about the sitting and taking time. It makes all the difference. When I sit and read the Friend to them they love it and it has such a strong spirit. Plus the fact that they're nestled close to me and having some time with mommy :)
GOOD JOB SARAH!! (please tell her I said I'm proud of her being so good in primary yesterday!). And ask her if I cried during "I know that my savior loves me". The Spirit was so strong that I couldn't even sing the last part. Then when they finished singing I helped them to recognize the feeling that I and they were feeling...the Spirit. See if she remembers and if she can tell you about it ;)
That's funny what Tara said because I was just getting on to say the same thing. I didn't notice them acting up either and I did sharing time. So that's good! Lots of kids were jumping up during the sunbeam song but Tara suggested (per Kelly's suggestion) that they just raise their hands up instead of jumping out of their chairs.
Isn't is always nice to see that what we teach our children actually makes a difference?
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