1. I am very thankful my husband backs me up - even when it isn't the most convenient. The children had a rough day, we originally had a fun day planned because Steve had friends coming over to play board games all day. Steve still got his fun day, but the children had a very different day - one that involved a lot of house work, errands and school work. I think the children got the point that it is better to do the work when I ask then discover the consequence is a loss in fun things planned. I know some fathers who constantly over ride their wives (and vice versa), so I am very thankful that doesn't happen with Steve & I.
2. Steve reading out loud to the family. Last summer Steve read us the Dragonlance series out loud - we all loved it. This summer, Steve is reading Starship Troopers out loud - we are loving it. Not only does Steve make the book fun (lots of different "voices" - plus he can do a drill sergeant perfect), but we are also having a lot of discussion about value, cost, citizenship, patriotism, hard work, choices, accountability, etc... it has been a very cool week.
3. A great week of doing hard things. All of my children balk at having to do the really hard things. For one child it is spelling and for another child it is reading (the third child is currently doing well in most things). So, we have started a tradition that every day after breakfast we will practice doing hard things for 30 minutes. If the child doesn't feel like working on spelling or reading then they can help me weed the ward - our ward is exploding with weeds. I love this system because I get about 30 minutes of weeding in every day and my children happily work on hard things (trust me, they would rather do hard school work than weed). Also, I didn't pick what they should work on, they did....maybe not in direct words like, "I need to work on spelling", but in other ways - like "I hate working on personal progress because they want me to write everything down, why can't I just say it out loud?"
4. That my mom seems to be doing so much better (health wise) - love you, mom!
5. The opportunity to express my gratitude...amazing how it always lifts me up.
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