Another Crummy Day oy!

Monkey had a crummy day at school. I wish I could say this was the first day this had happen but it is not. Last year she developed some bad habits and they appear to have resurfaced . OY! What am I to do I feel like I have tried everything.  Tonight I had a very humbling experience.  As I ponder and prayed about this situation instead at looking at what I needed to do to improve her behavior it occurred to me that maybe I should look at what I needed to do to improve my behavior.

I know that this sounds weird maybe but I came to realize that I was letting life cheat my daughter out of quality time with me.  The hustle of each day seemed to take my mind away from the one thing that is the most important to me. I started to wonder if Monkey’s behavior was a mere reaction to how I allowed life to pass us by. Why would she listen to me if I didn’t listen to her? 

                Upon this realization I knew I would have to act and now I would like to introduce you to operation monkey!  This plan was developed by monkey and me and it goes as follows.

1.       No more TV on a school night

2.       Movie night on Friday is earned by how the week goes at school and home

3.       Monkey is going to be my little buddy helping me with chores and dinner {Monkey’s idea I love it}

4.       Monkey is going to keep a journal  on how she is feeling

5.       Monkey is going to make goals to accomplish throughout the week

6.       Monkey and I are going to play with each other every day {another one of Monkey’s wonderful ideas}

7.       Monkey is going to be earlier {Another one of Monkey’s ideas actually her first one}

I think that this is a good game plan. Monkey is one of the most amazing lil girls I know and I am excited to see our plan in action! 

                                                                          

What do you do to connect to your child?