its the thought that counts~

RIGHT?

recently we have been working a lot with the boys on manners.

things like saying excuse me, sorry thing like that.

my new thing is trying to get them to throw things away when they are done.

usually i just clean up after them, however i decided that it is time for them to start doing it.

so on nights that we use paper plates, i ask them to put their silverware in the sink and throw their plates away in the trash.

as we have been working on that, i have noticed that our utensil count has decreased.

tonight kael slept through dinner. when he woke up later, he asked me to make him a hot dog.

i made him a hot dog, put it on a paper plate, gave him a fork and set it on the table.

i then went into the living room.

i heard kael enjoying his hot dog. then i heard him get down from the table and run to the trash.

this was very exciting for me because i did not have to prompt him at all.

he ran to the living room and yelled.. "TRASH"!!

i said "did you put you stuff in the trash?"

kael replied "YEP!"

so we gave a high five and i walked over to the trash.

sure enough there was his plate in the trash and his fork right on TOP!

guess i know where my silverware is going.

oh well its the thought that counts right?

but now i have a new project..making sure we are just throwing away disposable things!

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side note: for those of you that do not live near us, GUESS WHAT!!

today we got at least six inches of snow and there is more coming from what i hear!

i am all for a white christmas, but this is to much white stuff for me!