Time power-walks on

Been on the treadmill for 15 straight mornings now. Not gonna say any more about it because that's some pretty dull information to read about.

We are into the grind season at work. Snow days are over, no long weekend days on the horizon - it's almost like having a 'real job' for a while. But not really...

Faith is in her 3rd week of having a chores and behavior chart. It's working well. She's really excited about getting good marks and is doing a better job of helping out around the house. And she's gotten 2 allowances so far, and it excited about that. This system is helping us do a better job of using positive reinforcement with her, and it's also starting her learning about the value of money as well as the idea of saving. It's hard to remember to update the chart every day, but even if we sometimes aren't quite up-to-date, we're always talking about it and she's more aware. And honestly, I think she's probably not behaving a whole lot differently than she was before, but it's helped us all frame her behavior in a more positive light.

Mari doesn't have an allowance yet but we are making her a chart, too. We've kind of dropped the ball on that one, but I wanted to take a week or so to observe what stuff we really want to focus on with her. I think I have a good idea and hopefully I can type it up here in a few minutes. She's doing generally well - she has her tough moments and talks back more than we'd like, but she's starting to realize right away when she does it - you can see her get an immediate worried look on her face, so hopefully that will progress to being able to control her impulses - which will I think always be the challenge with her.

More on the twins next time - no bad news to report anyway.

Thanks for reading,
Matt