Family Rules

“Husbands hug your wife Daily. Wife always take his side” or
“Encourage your siblings. Share in their joy” ?!
😉

Anyways, after deciding on our rules I got to work making our canvas.
I have to admit it took a little longer than I expected.
But I think the only reason it did was because I battle perfection.

That’s right. It’s a battle.
And in the end I came out of this battle truly loving what I made.

But what I love even more than the actual canvas is how our six year old has responded to it.
Seriously. It’s amazing.

It’s almost as if now he knows exactly what is expected of him. Go figure?
(I think a big part of it was how excited he was to have rules up on the wall
just like he does at school!)

If he breaks a rule we simply go into the dinning room and read it together.
Let’s say he starts whining about something. We go in and read the rules and when we get to “Ask first. No whining. No attitude.”

He says “Oh ya. I forgot. Sorry mama.” He then takes his discipline (usually a time-out) with no whining and no attitude.

And that’s the end of it.

Normally it would be a big battle of wills. Me against the whining.
Now that we have this rules board, he simply recognizes that his behavior goes against our rules and changes right away.
Crazy!
He’s also very good at reminding his sisters of the rules too 🙂

And I have to admit I’ve really had a good time with the ‘tickle lots’ rule.
“Sorry” I say when he’s giggling and begging me to stop
“What can I do? It’s a rule!”

I really do love how it turned out. I love the homemade feel
and I really enjoyed making it.
It is more than I expected in every way!