Candy for Breakfast!

yes, 'tis true, 3 of the 4 MiniT's had candy for breakfast. to my defense, they DID have cereal and toast first.

one of the homeschooler's life saving websites i've visited offered one of my favorite ideas for getting children to clean their rooms quickly. the pitfall is you have to know how to count to 100 (doesn't that just boost your confidence in my teaching abilities-haha).

then you offer the challenge: how many toys can you pick up before I get to 100? it works wonderfully! truth be told, today was a "400 challenge" day. we sorted things into buckets, bins, and containers, threw broken what-have-you out and............ now you can see the floor in both bedrooms! thus the candy reward... (all this was done before breakfast)

AND THEN!!!!!!

i heard the incessant oinking of pig toy with batteries gone bad. missT went to check things out and, from the enterance i hear: TURKEY!!!!!!!!

ah, yes. the turkeys we have been brooding in our basement had sent a representative UP the stairs to beg for freedom from their bondage. there Hansel or Gretal was, having left a trail back to the little coop in case it lost its way, chirping at the top of its immature turkey voice. to its dismay, and the curiosity of the other five, it was apprehended and is remanded in custody until further notice.