discipline

Ben's:  Last week was horrible on the behavior scale for my little man.  If a rule could be broken or a line crossed (or as Jeff would say, "dove over head first") then Ben did it.  It was just one of those weeks where you really wonder why you ever wanted to be a parent.  After lots of discipline, hugs, and encouragement we survived to turn the leaf of a fantastic week.  Ben has been great at school this week and has been pretty good a home too!  Yay!  I thank God for weeks like this.  They are a like a refreshingly cool breeze in an otherwise hellashious time in our lives I like to call toddlerhood. Its also good to be reminded that the creature I am raising is actually a boy - and my boy at that - and that I love him and am proud of him.  I'm sure Ben enjoys the reminder that I am his mom and not screaming banshee.

Jeff's: Jeff is working like a madman and I am so proud of him.  He is basically teaching 7 classes, about to begin teaching a Sunday School class at church on Tim Keller's book The Reason For God (check it out, it's great!), is doing a super job taking care of me and Ben, is finishing his dissertation and preparing for his defense on Oct 21st, and on top of all that he in going to the gym three days a week.  Now that is some discipline.

Mine:  I pretty sure that am lacking in this area.  My kitchen is a mess, I have about 2 months worth of clean laundry piled on the guest bed waiting to be dealt with, I have a to do list that is about 3 miles long and all I do is read.  I am totally obsessed with the Bodie Theone books that Amy lent me and I just can't put them down!  They are super great though and I suppose I will eventually finish reading them!  So, thanks Amy.  At least I have good book reading discipline. :-)