a good weekend
Our trip went well - not perfectly, but well enough for us. The wedding was beautiful. The weather was a cool respite from the heat here. The kids behaved well enough to not freak out my mother-in-law. We met lots of cool people in Seattle!The only behavior that my m-i-l complained of was stuff we already know about. Some we're already working on - others we've decided to let go for now. That happens sometimes when they have so many troubling problems - you have to choose your battles.
A weekend alone with Holly was much needed. Even though we had guilt about leaving the kids, the together alone time was worth it. Holly is using some of the energy and calm she collected this weekend to address issues with one of the kids right now. Patience patience patience. Sometimes our kids lie incorrigibly. They do something wrong, then, straight to our face, lie about it. They will actually convince themselves that they are telling the truth. One of our kids is getting much better about it - even if she lies, she will usually cop to it almost right away. The other teen is getting worse, I think. That is what Holly is going to address. It is one of the things that she can do infinitely better than me. Holly will talk her through it, whereas I would not have the patience - I would state the truth and leave her to work it out. That's why Holly and I are a good couple.
posted by cebii @ 9:32 AM
1 Comments:
Glad that you had a good time.
Particularly that you had "couple" time. That is so unbelievably important and so easy to lose.
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