Tuesday, May 13, 2008

And We're Off!

Lorraine and I are instituting a great new behavior program for the boys, with lots of recognition and rewards for desired behavior. The boys were all over it this morning, doing chores and earning prizes and points for special treats. You never saw three little guys working so hard!

Alex was the first to visit the 'treasure box' and he chose the old favorite balsa wood glider. We had a great time putting it together (then putting a lot of tape on it to keep it together) and flying it. It mostly crashed nose first, but still it was fun.

7 comments:

Katie said...

Great idea, love it! You catch more flies with honey, right?

Unknown said...

Awesome Mom. Maybe I should steal that for my classroom. :)

Cara said...

sounds like a great idea!!

Meg said...

NOTHING better than a treasure chest. I'll keep this one in my back pocket.

Laurie said...

It is amazing how well this is working (tho I am sure there will still be work 2 do lol) but then, we all work for rewards and recognition, don't we? Mikey has peed on the pot about 20 times in the last 24 hours, it is hilarious

Sue said...

whatever it takes, Sister. MAybe when this wears out, you can switch to play money and trips to the dollar store!

Laurie said...

oh the Dollar Store is #1 on our list of BIG rewards. They earn 'bucks' every day for being caught doing good stuff and at the end of the week they will get to spend their bucks on something special. They are all counting their bucks about 20 x per day. Everyone wants bike locks! And Chuck E Cheese is the biggie, takes 30 bucks to go (bc it is so painful for the adults lol)