So, first off -JESSICA!!!! You're amazing! Really, for so many reasons but right here right now for the AWESOME year's worth of FHE lessons. THANK YOU!!!
I'm not nearly as put together and clever as all of that, but I thought I'd share a little about what's worked surprisingly well for us. My hunnie bunnie is a super dad when it comes to dealing/playing/loving every second of spending time with our little ladies. He is so patient and almost always keeps a very even temper and and a logical head on his shoulders. Where they can drive me batty he just doesn't let them phase him, he's good I tell you what. So, once upon a time we where having a problem sharing, not so much big V and I, the ladies. So, we decided we needed to address it during FHE bring out the big guns and have a whole lesson on it. Vance was in charge and rather then lecture them, which at 3 and 5 probably wouldn't have been so useful, he told them the story of Sue and Lou-a brother and sister who had trouble sharing. They were hooked! He weaved this elaborate story about these siblings, and it didn't take long for the kids to see that not sharing was unkind and that Sue and Lou were in the wrong. They were into it in a BIG way. The funny thing was they never connected that they had been like Sue and Lou, but from then on out they would stop themselves when they started to argue over something and say, "wait, we do not want to be like Sue and Lou". Now, it's not a permanent fix, I wish it was, but it did make an impact and it definitely gave them something to think about. We've since address a number of negative habits/behaviors with stories about Billy and Bobby, Carol and Jessica, whatever wacky family Vance comes up with. It works, I tell you what! Plus it feels a little better and certainly less nag-e, to point out the negative in someone else and show how not to be rather then coming down on them all the time, at least for us anyway.
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