Patience is a Virtue

I am proud of myself tonight. Recently, Lydia has been trying our patience with EVERYTHING! Whining, throwing fits over the silliest things, not listening, ignoring, rebelling, the whole bit....and no, I am not talking about a teenager folks...she's TWO.

For Family Home Evening last week I decided to make her a "Good Girl Jar" and I would do my best to find things that she did that were good and she would get to add her beans up and get a prize when she reached one of the markers that I drew on the jar. This has been working TrEmEnDoUsLy!!

This weekend has been a long weekend already and it has only just begun...but I will write about that later...this is about tonight. It was after ten and Lydia was still getting out of her bed and out of her room. Chris and I were tired and wanted some time together to relax and after putting her to bed 'ump'teen times, we were getting a little frustrated. About this time is when I usually lose my patience and either shut her door only to have to fight her endless tantrum for about an hour afterward, or give her little spanking and then..deal with her endless tantrum and/or still getting out of bed. I was very patient and proud of myself for keeping my cool, usually Chris is the collective one, but tonight I took over because he had had it! I told her that her choices were not making us very happy and talked with her about being obedient. She really understood and I tucked her in for the last time tonight and she went right to sleep!

I will take my pat on the back now and later work on a post with pics.