Facts of the Family.

I saw this somewhere... thought I'd share...

Words that best describe us:

loud. chaotic. creative. loyal

Favorite thing to do as a family over the weekend:

Nothing. We like to "vegg" and relax. We're true "introverts". Friday nights are dedicated to playing cards with friends... everyone looks forward to it... including the kids. Saturday mornings usually involve a "camp"... this month it's basketball for the girls. And lately we've been taking the kids to and from birthday parties.

The rest of the weekend we're either watching DVR'd shows, football, playing Wii, or crafting.

Most importantly we try keep the kids from killing each other... for reals.

What we value most as a family:

Being there for each other. Supporting everyone's "calling".

I've found eating dinner at the kitchen table... is critical. To be honest... I'm the one that would rather "grab something quick" and eat in front of the t.v. But... I've found eating together as a family to be the best therapy. Even when one of the kids is having a fit over broccoli.

What we value most in relationships:

When it comes to our friends and family... we appreciate, "Cut the bullsh!t. Tell me how you really feel. " It works for us. {smile}.

We like to eat ____:

Tacos, goulash, homemade pizza, crab rangoons, popcorn shrimp, cheesy hotdogs, cheesecake, meatballs, popcorn, summer sausage... right off the top of my head {smile}

Wait... Greta wanted me to add Dinty Moore Stew... with flaky biscuits. (don't judge... pretty please)

Our most annoying habits:

We're screamers (something I am desperately trying to stop).

Parenting style:

WE ARE PERFECT. {cough} ...not.

That's a tough-y... because our children are 11, 9 and 4 years old. That's a wide range of "discipline" styles.

Greta is the oldest ...

... and she's a girl with attitude. (I don't know where she got it? .... ahemm)... but she's always been our toughest child to discipline. She's super passionate when she's right ... and super passionate when she's wrong.

The best method of discipline for her... is to give her a consequence ...and send her to her room to "simmer down". After a few "short hours", she'll snap back to reality and we can finally get through to her. (right now she's without her beloved ipod for 5 days) Her "episodes" are an all. day. event. It's like a triathlon... dead.serious.

She hasn't figured out yet that, I. always .win.

Maisie...

She's the complete opposite of Greta. She rarely gets in trouble. But, if you catch her doing something "shady"... she'll plead the fifth and shut down. We joke that she'll work for the CIA one day... because, she can "straight face" lie ... without flinching. I caught her eating chalk (a few years back) and she looked me dead in the eye (mind you, with chalk running out the corners of her mouth).. and said, "I don't know what that is?... I didn't eat chalk... I swear."

How do I discipline that? ... the child's a genius. Good thing she's a pretty good kid, 99% of the time.

Henry...

...ahhh Mr. Henry. He just turned 4 years old. He's my stubborn, wild child. He throws stuff while in "time out"... and likes to barricade himself in his room when he's in trouble. Spanking doesn't work, yelling doesn't work, "time -out's" only work 50% of the time. Pray for me. No really... pray for me.

Phrase that is waaaay overused in your household right now (and drives you crazy):

I'm super tired of telling Henry, "get your finger out of your nose."

What you are most likely to be doing if you randomly stopped by:

mmm... depends on what time of the day? If you stopped in RIGHT NOW... I'd be blogging, with a sleeping dog on my lap, Maisie and Henry would be painting at the table, Greta would be watching "Cupcake Wars".

Our most endearing quality:

I think we are an easily approachable family... (saying this after I told you we were screamers... LOL).

My hope is that what you see... is what you get... we love hard, play hard, fight hard, ... but most importantly we cherish our friends and family.

We lean on in them in hard times and I hope we are their rock in return.

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