The Latta Family

Every now and then I have a straight up BRILLIANT parenting moment.  It came to me suddenly today.  It is frankly a pretty creative consequence that I am pretty sure is going to result in stopping a behavior, I'm about done with. Andrew has been pushing the envelope lately, on what Doug and I will tolerate with language. Nothing serious.  In fact- pretty harmless.  However, I know Andrew, and if I give him an inch . . . he'll take a mile.  Is he going to cuss and talk trashy with his pals?  Uhhh, probably.  I'm not stupid. He needs to learn there are appropriate places to use "naughty" words, and places not to.  And. . . inappropriate language ain't gonna happen with his parents, his grandparents, or . . . pretty much with any adult. He's been warned a LOT lately.  Those warnings, gentle reminders, rational explanations for why I don't want him using those words (aka: a younger, impressionable sister), sarcastic remarks are falling on selectively d

Holy Cow!!!  It's been over a month since I last blogged!  What's my deal?  It's like I started a school year, a new baseball season, and I couldn't get my act together.  Well . . . that's exactly what it is.  It's been this week that I have finally felt like I am not going to drown.  It's a nice feeling.  It's such a good feeling, I am going to paint my finger nails and blog tonight.  Yeah! Here's a catch up: Alexa started kindergarten.   She LOVES it.  She wakes up happy, and is ready to go every morning. She is so different from Andrew.  She tells me EVERYTHING.  Andrew . . . tells me NOTHING. I hear about Andrew's day from Alexa- because even though he's on a different hall and in a completely different grade- she knows.  She always knows . . . .  We really should have planned our children to be closer together.  It would have been handy to have her around when he was in middle school and high school.  I would have really encouraged he