Operation Kindness

Operation ONLY kind words was in FULL force this week.


Holidays were rough on us (mainly the kids).
Too many parties.
Too much junk food.
Too many people.
Too much stimulation.


BUT...
I know they enjoyed it.
And had a memorable holiday.


BUT...
That doesn't mean it doesn't effect them.
Which in turn effects me.
And I'm talking about mainly our MOOD.


So...
Taking that into consideration this week,
And after reading a fellow mom blog,
I chose to try my best to alter BOTH of our moods.


AND IT WORKED!
(ask Jay).


I started out first thing in the morning.
"Wow Mallory, you were so quiet when you came out of your room this morning."
"Thanks for kindly asking to change the TV channel."
"I LOVED how you helped your brother with his blanket."


I put "it" on THICK.
REAL THICK.


Didn't take long for her mood to change. 
Which made my mood change,
And her brothers.


I've been able to work Operation Kindness in daily.
Any time I feel our moods are going sour,
All I do is put in a few good compliments--point out the good--
And everything changes.


Incredible I tell ya.
And SO needed at the start of this New Year.
And the end of the holiday season.


Try Operation Kindness.
It works.


Top 10 for the Week:
January 6th, 2014


10.  Sick Again.  Ugh.  My digestive system has been out of whack again!  I've concluded it's to accidentally having gluten somewhere, sometime.  NOT fun.  One whole day was spent at home JUST for this reason.  Lesson Learned:  I need to be more careful.


9.  Nap time Success.  TWO days this week the kids BOTH took a nap.  Awesome.  Never happens.  TWICE this week it did:o)  Nice break for me!


8.  TV Time.  We were snowed in and home for FOUR days.  You get bored.  Restless.  You watch TV.  I found a channel that was doing a Little House on the Prairie marathon.  Mal LOVED them.  Kept asking for me to turn the channel to this!  It was cute...and brought back memories for me.


7.  House Back in Order.  Our house is finally getting back to order after a month of running and enjoying the holidays.  Just don't look in our closets:o)  But we are getting there! 


6.  Dance Time.  I had the privilege of watching a pirate and pink ballerina dance this week.  Best
 show I've watched in a long time!  Kids enjoyed it as well.


5.  Crochet.  I learned a new crochet stitch this week--the popcorn stitch.  Making an afghan for our living room.  I also taught myself (thank-you Internet!) how to make crocheted hearts.  SO adorable.  SO easy!


4.  January Birthdays.  The start of celebrating January birthdays has begun!  We had our dear friend's daughter, Hannah (turned 7) and our nephew, Ben ( turned 5) this past weekend.  SO much fun to get together and watch these little ones grow.  Mallory's is this weekend.  She will be 5 as well.  Crazy, I tell ya.


3.  Clayisms.  Clay had his hearing tested on Friday and it was SUPERB!  The man who tested him was SO great!  He loved Clay.  But then again, who doesn't?!?!  One check off the list.  He's really taking off on his language.  He's on a roll with -uck and -ouch endings.  Stuck, truck, touch, ouch.  His effort was strong this week.  Second syllables are coming out!  It is SO exciting for us!  He's still SO boy.  While out in the garage this week, he turned the boiler off.  It's just like a light switch.  Well, with the temperature being 0 degrees outside...our house cooled off rather quickly.  All of a sudden I realized the temperature in the house was at like 63.  SO not the temperature for me!  Started thinking about it, and realized it had to be him down in the garage.  Sure enough--the switch was turned on off.  He actually did it twice, but I quickly realized it the second time. 


2.  Malloryisms.  She's really growing up.  Her thinking and mannerisms are of an older child.  Seriously.  She catches things--in conversations and situations--that a normal 5 year old wouldn't.  She truly is a sweet, gentle sister.  With Operation Kindness in effect this week, I noticed such a BIG change from her.  Especially to her brother.  He adores her and she feels the same exact way about him.  I love how close they are to each other.  In fact, after 3 weeks of being home, Mal's first day back to school was a little rough on both of them.  He didn't leave her side after she got home.  And she right away wanted to play with Clay and be around him.  I know this will not always be the case.  But I am loving these moments right now. 


1.  Snowed IN!  I really thought I'd lose my mind.  But I actually gained some sanity!  And some REAL time with my kiddos.  We did SO much.  In the HOUSE.  I dressed the kids up as mummy's using TP, made our OWN ice cream (not with snow), made an obstacle course, brought REAL snow inside, used cotton balls for a pretend snow ball fight, played our Wii (that hasn't been played with in years!), and SO much more.  Jay actually stayed home on Monday--he couldn't get out of our driveway--so he was even able to join in some of our fun.  With Operation Kindness in effect, it was a true pleasure.  And I would totally do it all over again:o) 


It's Monday people!
And we are celebrating a birthday this weekend!:o)
Woohoo!


Hope you have a great week!!
Until next week,
Mrs. Newell