Saturday, January 26, 2013

Praise or Scold?

Yesterday Owen and James were in the living room repeatedly laughing hysterically. I couldn't see them from the kitchen so went in intending to praise James for playing so well with Owen. Turns out they were laughing because James was chewing up bits of pretzel and spewing out at Owen- getting spit all over the couch and rug.
This has so often been our dilemma. Praise or scold?

2 comments:

Lizi Bates said...

Oh man, sounds very similar to our home these days! I'd say go for the praise anyway, right? Hahaha. I'm just happy if Sawyer isn't 'beating' Jack up. Excited to meet Owen one of these days. Hope you're having a good winter.

The Henderson Family said...

Oh the fun of having boys. I don't know why they love getting in trouble. It is tough, though, to not laugh. They can be so adorable when they are getting into trouble. Stay strong Chrissy. ;) Btw, James is really starting to look a lot like you. He has your cute grin. Adorable.