You Naughty, Naughty, Children

The funniest thing happened last night.

Elle and Will were fighting at homework time. No, that is not the funny thing. A nightly occurrence, but not funny.

Ryan and I are at our wits end trying to figure out how to get them to stop. Yelling ( we both are great yellers.) does not work. Telling them to "BE NICE". Does not work either. And telling them to "STOP TALKING", just makes them whisper angrily.

The most effective "punishment" to date is, have them sit next to each other, touching, holding hands. Yes, with fingers entwined.

Neither Ryan or I can barely get though this "punishment" with out cracking a smile.

This is the funny part: Bea, upon realizing that her siblings are sitting together on the couch holding hands, says:

"Mommy? I want to sit on the couch too".

"Ok, hop up"

"Mommy? Will won't hold my hand"

"Will, hold Bea's hand too."

And so they sat, all three of them, holding hands. Until Bea proclaimed that Will was squeezing to hard, and realized that they were being punished and she wasn't so off she ran.

"You naughty, naughty, kittens have lost your mittens..."