As for the Easter morning.... they loved their eggs. My kids (one does not) eat candy that often, it is not a big deal and the other can physically use the extra calories but the sugar is WHOA too much. So instead of a lot of candy I ended up putting in notes that I had typed up for the kids to use. They pulled out these white strips of paper that said such things as...... such as 10 minutes of basketball with Dad or Mom, a lunch with dad (home or away), a piece of candy or gum at the check out when we go to the store, some wii time during the school week, an ice cream at McDonald's or a trip to the dollar store where they can use their own monies, extra reading time with mom or dad, and some extra cuddle time with mom.
Josh got on the band wagon right away. He wanted to know if it had to be a lunch with dad and ended up going out to breakfast with his Dad and got some alone time. Loved the idea of going to McDonald's when he was ready. He really enjoyed them and still can enjoy them for awhile. I think Josh was afraid he wouldn't be able to use them so he was rushing to get them all in at Easter.... we reminded him he had all the time he needed to use them.
The start of EAster break was ... welll not so pleasant. We had to work with the boys in reguards to appreciating what we have and how to respect each other. Seems to me around the holiday they get a bit greedy and forget the true meaning of what we are celebrating for. A few extra directions from Mom and Dad and I know the respecting each other was appreciated by all.
When school gets out, they tend to forget that they can still be respectful to each other and it isn't a quest to see who can get the other upset. They treat each other so disrespectful that we had a few practices on how to talk to each other. It really starts at home. And they really do admit it is easier and not that difficult to be respectful... just some reminder practice. :)
