tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post7302731952991904044..comments2024-02-09T04:00:27.528-05:00Comments on BECAUSE I SAID SO: Sunday Sound OutDawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-30027661781578410262008-12-04T13:07:00.000-05:002008-12-04T13:07:00.000-05:00All those ornaments on that one branch cracked me ...All those ornaments on that one branch cracked me up. I'm so glad I'm not alone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-87527615227465176602008-12-01T19:14:00.001-05:002008-12-01T19:14:00.001-05:00Artificial trees are the way to go. I have to vent...Artificial trees are the way to go. I have to venture into the attic this week and find the trees, lights and ornaments. Once I get them down, the kids will assemble them and hang the ornaments. I don't care if we put up a tree or not. We'll be at Mom and Dad's house for Christmas, so why do we need to decorate? Plus, every year hubby and the kids tell me they will clean up from Christams and putmommeeof10https://www.blogger.com/profile/03611832953435781430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-62577213196015504522008-12-01T19:14:00.000-05:002008-12-01T19:14:00.000-05:00Trust Jars! Someone asked how you teach trust. T...Trust Jars! <BR/><BR/>Someone asked how you teach trust. The lady who invented the Trust jar has a special needs adopted daughter like I do. I'm not sure she'd want me to share her blog, but I'll share mine. Our trust jars are loosely based on hers, although we've made some changes in how they're used. I love having a visual example of how their actions effect our level of trust. http://marythemomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08205319256573120866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-88678270761279351442008-12-01T19:10:00.000-05:002008-12-01T19:10:00.000-05:00Dawn as a teacher for 30 years--I follow Bill Cosb...Dawn as a teacher for 30 years--I follow Bill Cosby's example. I have used it with my 2 children and It Worked?! <BR/><BR/>I lie to my child...Do you want some Icecream? Let's go get some! I act all excited! I get everyone in the car after everyone is buckeled in I look at the child who lied to me and say Oops? I was Lied--- No Icecream. I'm sorry :( I only had to do this once when My Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-50087615049116474932008-12-01T10:49:00.000-05:002008-12-01T10:49:00.000-05:00Dawn, I totally agree with you about lying! I grou...Dawn, I totally agree with you about lying! I grounded my daughter (10) from her tv and computer for a month for lying to me. I wouldn't let her dvr them to watch when she was off grounding, because that wouldn't be a punishment. At times I felt like the meanest mother on the planet. However, the severity of the punishment caused her to stop and think on whether lying was worth the Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13329315392044012059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-38191215455246190322008-12-01T09:52:00.000-05:002008-12-01T09:52:00.000-05:00Oh my, I'm so torn about our fair city getting the...Oh my, I'm so torn about our fair city getting the Olympics (although I agree with you that Richie seems to have a way of getting what he wants!). We live about 35 miles southwest of Chicago (the "Southwest Suburbs" for you non-Chicagoans) and we're pretty sure that it would affect us significantly. Remember that even though a particular city is "host", events take place throughout the region, asAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13573589482128669479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-91921883282241848772008-12-01T09:34:00.000-05:002008-12-01T09:34:00.000-05:00Dawn - you did FINE with Austin, not too harsh at ...Dawn - you did FINE with Austin, not too harsh at all. Good for you, now stick to your guns, girl, and do NOT give in to him or lighten the punishment. <BR/><BR/>Each of my kids - now all grown - tried to lie to me about something. Each of them only did it ONCE! Well, once that I knew about!! First they got punished for the infraction, then they got double that for lying. <BR/>from SparkleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-58696722554576435082008-12-01T08:46:00.000-05:002008-12-01T08:46:00.000-05:00Love the tree! I hear ya on the lying thing.. My 5...Love the tree! I hear ya on the lying thing.. My 5 yr old daughter, who has middle child syndrome... always blames everything on someone else. Even if you catch her in the act. But being so young, I have no idea how to break her of doing it. Since she can't understand the meaning of Lying yet. I keep trying to drill it in her head though! UGH! I am so not looking forward to the teenage years, butThe Bertone'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304140718488900572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-85769238376687114382008-12-01T07:36:00.000-05:002008-12-01T07:36:00.000-05:00my sons (2 & 4 years old) hung 37 ornaments on...my sons (2 & 4 years old) hung 37 ornaments on 2 sq. ft. of tree. It is one of the things I have learned to let go control of. I am glad to see I'm not the only one!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-39966354140872466142008-12-01T07:14:00.000-05:002008-12-01T07:14:00.000-05:00I feel the same way about doing the whole xmas tre...I feel the same way about doing the whole xmas tree thing lol... it is fun to put it up this year we are having to spend xmas at my sisters as Hurricane Ike took our house and well pretty much everything in it and just like that my sister had a vision this weekend she wanted to decorate 3 freaking trees lol... and she did luckily i do not have to clean up that mess at the end of the month but forAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-65716961525107969072008-12-01T03:07:00.000-05:002008-12-01T03:07:00.000-05:00I think it's important that he learn the effects o...I think it's important that he learn the effects of lying now when his punishment is simply a couple weeks without TV than to learn it when he's an adult and his wife leaves him because she's sick to death of his lies.<BR/><BR/>As the wife of a police officer, trust me, it's much better he learns NOW that lying will get him nowhere but in trouble.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-56629819716991840962008-12-01T01:47:00.000-05:002008-12-01T01:47:00.000-05:00We gave up on trees years ago and just hang a garl...We gave up on trees years ago and just hang a garland off our 8 foot high shelf that runs along the top of our living room. We have lights and hang the ornaments on the garland too.<BR/><BR/><BR/>of course, after the great ornament stomping fest of 2006, it took me a few years before I even wanted to decorate at all for Christmas.Round Bellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13621944578934830242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-88260016019008706572008-12-01T00:51:00.000-05:002008-12-01T00:51:00.000-05:00Yep, you're off your rocker, Cheryl. I'm in Chica...Yep, you're off your rocker, Cheryl. I'm in Chicago. We did have flooding late this summer, however, so maybe that's what you're thinking of.Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00465587872521082056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-22089072688672727002008-12-01T00:47:00.000-05:002008-12-01T00:47:00.000-05:00My first step toward decorating for Christmas was ...My first step toward decorating for Christmas was to buy a tube of E6000 so I can repair all the ornaments (that I thought were semi-unbreakable) that my 2 year old managed to break last Christmas. <BR/><BR/>Tomorrow we start our Advent NativiTree so we get off to a good start with what the season is really about. Somewhere around the 15th I'll pull out the tree and the kids will get into full "IRefreshMomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755273960702792845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-82862725614960711382008-12-01T00:43:00.000-05:002008-12-01T00:43:00.000-05:00Sorry-I'm confused about the Chicago olympics SSO ...Sorry-I'm confused about the Chicago olympics SSO queston...do you live in Chicago? I thought you lived in TX-I thought I remembered flooding during a hurricane? Am I completely off my rocker?Cheryl Pitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930832509544868744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-31937779103705458732008-11-30T23:50:00.000-05:002008-11-30T23:50:00.000-05:00I smiled at the 'Genie Hahmer'. My eldest daughte...I smiled at the 'Genie Hahmer'. My eldest daughter was really into Winnie the Pooh when she was 2. Pooh was poober, Piglet was pigget, and of course, Christopher Robin was Kayber Ahber!<BR/><BR/>Dawn in michiganDawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08642402287878372643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-67939133324411456482008-11-30T23:32:00.000-05:002008-11-30T23:32:00.000-05:00Hey there! My humble opinion? I hope that Chicag...Hey there! My humble opinion? I hope that Chicago does NOT get the Olympics. China had 1 million volunteers... we seem to already have 1 million people with their hands out. And we're already so far in the red -- and taxing our brains out always seems to be the city's solution -- that I'm thinking that the Olympics would just sink us even more.<BR/><BR/>But on a lighter note, U-Kid 1 always Urban Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690541595129734035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-87862693581377325132008-11-30T22:50:00.000-05:002008-11-30T22:50:00.000-05:00Your tree looks so pretty! Its the same in my hous...Your tree looks so pretty! <BR/><BR/>Its the same in my house with the ornament branch but I can only imagine that branch x6 kids! Does it break off before Dec. 26th?Kim VanDerHoekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887812083449239276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-16872267091998022242008-11-30T21:55:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:55:00.000-05:00"We" using that term lightly, did our tree today t..."We" using that term lightly, did our tree today too! Happy HELLIDAYS! Hahah, actually, church today gave me a new outlook so I'm not feeling so Scroogey! : )MaNiC MoMMy™https://www.blogger.com/profile/14038801888210803955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-1262257921241706852008-11-30T21:52:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:52:00.000-05:00is it just MY kids that like to perch all of their...is it just MY kids that like to perch all of their GIJoes in the tree's branches the second its up?ClistyBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06559882714822787871noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-20383202639292939892008-11-30T21:42:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:42:00.000-05:00Okay ... whoever thought you were a little harsh w...Okay ... whoever thought you were a little harsh with your punishment must be raising a juvenile delinquent ... that, or not raising kids at all. If he/she thought that was tough, I wish he/she could read what I did to my son when he lied recently. Check it out here: <BR/> http://aglimpseintomycrazylife.blogspot.com/2008/11/i-will-not-lie.htmlCaycehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12316190714417766247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-2328107479083467212008-11-30T21:15:00.000-05:002008-11-30T21:15:00.000-05:00I went to the site for the photographer. I saw the...I went to the site for the photographer. I saw the girl in the grass skirt and thought "Its great she can knock a few years off but that is a little too much" Then I realized it wasn't you. Great photo of you though! : )Brendahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05811548306583601019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-1180131072545749292008-11-30T20:51:00.001-05:002008-11-30T20:51:00.001-05:00First of all, do you leave the cluttered branches ...First of all, do you leave the cluttered branches that way? I am the one who sits in the chair and unwraps the ornaments and gives each child his ornaments to hang. I would say that 98.9% of the ornaments on my tree are hand made by my kids over the past 10 yrs and I LOVE IT! It's so much fun opening the ornament box and unwrapping them and remembering them again each year but after the kids Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-4087256997503810902008-11-30T20:51:00.000-05:002008-11-30T20:51:00.000-05:00Great answers, as always. Funny someone asked you ...Great answers, as always. Funny someone asked you about punishment as someone just asked me something similar as well. I totally agree with giving a punishment that fits the "crime" and sticking to it :)<BR/><BR/>PS I am decorating tomorrow. Sounds like we're on the same schedule, as I do the same thing RIGHT after Christmas.debi9kidshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16312119503894888955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4732255176396931795.post-28374422172824458982008-11-30T20:27:00.000-05:002008-11-30T20:27:00.000-05:00My son loves the word Pizza too - In fact he decid...My son loves the word Pizza too - In fact he decided the new baby's name will be Pizza, won't he be surprised when it isn't named PizzaKAThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12580721537465237288noreply@blogger.com