Saying STOP

Eliz's science project was a cake that was frosted to look like the layers of the center of the earth. I have no cake transportation device so she had to carry it, in the open air, on a cookie sheet. I hope nothing happened to it! How awful to contemplate!

Now I'm all nervous about my paper, even more than I was. I have to figure out how to deal with this new information. I just can't wait for it all to be over. Done!

Yesterday I learned that what you need to do when siblings are fighting is to stop the escalation. That it's entirely all right not to intervene and mediate, but rather to simply stop what is happening and say it's inappropriate to act that way. I had been trying to figure out how to make them see each other's point of view, which is really hard to do on the fly. But I can just simply send them to their corners instead. What a relief!

I learned it from a trusted source for such advice. She has really helped us in the past. Eliz was present for the conversation about the issue of sibling fighting, and I think that helped a lot too, for Eliz to get some perspective on the situation. I wish Sophie had been there. Maybe in a week or two she can come along.