Detox and Reboot

We're back from our week away and the detoxing has begun. The only problem with vacation is that junk food is consumed in a much greater scale and we typically leave 5 lbs heavier than when we arrived. It's worth it.

I think we ate at Inn-N-Out approximately 5 times. Not kidding.

Kid Mock has now warmed up to the idea of having ketchup on his plain cheeseburger. (isn't he adventurous?!)

Baby Bee can still put away an entire cheeseburger with room for some fruit or veggies. Eek, please don't notice the bare table that he's eating off of, sure sign of a second-time-mother.

As previously posted, we love road trips for the uninterrupted time we get together in the car... our big decision we made while driving home was to "eventually" move the boys in their room together.

We did it the next night. That's how we roll.

Update on that subject later.

Ongoing Saga (and the thanks you deserve)

Thank you, thank you for your feedback on sharing!

I was blessed to find some new terms and ideas for our strategy on tackling this unending battle. I'd like to highlight a few on this post that we will be implementing into our sharing "situations":

1. Labeling shared items as "Family" items. I always felt funny saying, "this is yours and Everett's"... when I'm the one navigating who can play with it, also, what happens when Nolan or Georgia comes? (some inside info for potential future names of our offspring :-)).
2. Counting--I always say "two minutes", but counting goes by quicker and the child can understand that at 18, they will soon have to part ways.
3. Special toys--I agree that there should be allowance for special toys, but the judgement on when to bring them out or where to play with them should be guided (ie: not at a playgroup!)
4. Practicing outside the heat of the moment. We do this a lot with other behavioral training, but sharing I'm embarrassed to say we haven't so much... I'm going to have to get creative on fun things we can do with the most possessed toys to help with sharing. This has always been very effective for us.

Thank you so much for your feedback. More is welcomed and I hope the other moms out there that are dealing with this issue will get some great ideas from here. Love this sisterhood of maternal advice that silently exists. It's a beautiful things, ladies. Let's embrace it!