Quiet September Day

It's beautiful outside today, the mountain air is much more crisp than town. I love the feel of the coolness.
We had a great school morning, the older two have really gotten the hang of this new curriculum I bought and just start right when they wake up. They have been done school all week before I have breakfast on the table. It's be wonderful to have that extra time with Natalie and Presley doing more than just the book work.

The older two boys have been busy out in the garage all afternoon, sorting tools and cleaning up. They have been making wooden rifles in their spare time, they are really impressive.

Jude and Rachael are at my feet playing with some blocks while baby naps. It been a quiet day, I love and long for days like this. I love the hum of my family, when I really tune the rest of the world out and really focus on them. I don't know why it amazes me to see little issues melt away when I fully mother them.

"The degree of success you achieve will be directly related to how consistent you are. Don't get lazy. Don't give up. Don't make excuses. Don�t be �on again, off again� about training your children. Keep your children with you and watch them, correcting all disobedience and bad attitudes. Say what you mean and mean what you say. Don't be afraid to set high standards and maintain them. Teach and train your children, then expect them to act in a godly manner. Require them to always act the way you would like them to act, and the way you believe God would like them to act, not the way others may let their children act. Be consistent in your training and in your expectations.
Consistency does not mean "do exactly the same thing with every child" or "discipline the same exact way in every instance." Not every child has the same personality or emotional makeup. Not every circumstance is the same. The age of the ch...ild will factor in. Some children are more strong-willed and stubborn than others. A child's motivation will vary from time to time and incident to incident. Some children have been in the habit of rebellion longer than others. These and other things must be taken into consideration as you determine how to handle each child and situation, but this should not interfere with true consistency. Consistency really means that every time your child requires correction, you get up and do it, remaining there to supervise and outlast until the message gets across. Instead of trying to handle each child and event uniformly, try to envision the end result you want, and then adjust your methods to get each child there in each situation. Strive to be �consistent� about not overlooking anything you ought to be correcting for."