Anyway, thus started the weekend of my bitchy mood. I can't shake it. Kate is pushing every. last. button. The theme of the weekend is her going off by herself and not meeting back up with the family at the appropriate place and time. This happened 3 times in one short weekend. She's now grounded for a week, and docked allowance. I hate that almost every dinner meal we have as a family is dominated by her making snarky remarks, and we have to correct her, and so on and so forth until the younger kids think dinner is just the time in which we discipline Kate, and pretty much nothing positive or happy happens. Do I make her eat bread and water in her room until she can be a *pleasant* dinner companion? Thank goodness for swimming-- it takes her out of the house during most of the dinner hour.
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DH is on call today. Since we didn't have time for the Wii yesterday, what with soccer and shopping, etc., etc., I got to monitor Wii usage today. The twins played MarioKart for about 45 minutes, and then they played with Luke for another hour or so... Luke is becoming obsessed with video games. Just like dear old dad. Isn't that heartwarming?
Here's to a better week!