Naughty or Nice?

This weekend it was time for business. The POD arrived. As did about 40 Sterilite plastic storage containers. Saturday Phil and I spent boxing, prepping, disassembling, and hauling. I like to think that all those years as a "rugby wife" have earned me a thing or two. Sunday was a bit of payback as Brillo stopped by in the 90 degree humidity ready to lift all our heaviest stuff. Phil and Brillo "tetris-ed" it into the POD in impressive fashion. It's amazing what we got done in 2 days.

Meanwhile Phil came up with a fabulous idea for assuring we'd actually be able to work. An ice cream chart. Brilliant. I operationalized the idea. One side for Nice, one for Naughty. We came up with faces for Nice that included: Happy, Help, Thinking, Share, Nap, and Quiet. Naughty: Fight, Yell, Cry, Whine, No. Good behavior earned a face on the Nice side, naughty a face on the other. They were all about it! We promised ice cream cones if they had more nice than naughty by the end of the day. Day 1: Pip had 6 naughty and 9 nice; Vivian had 4 naughty and 6 nice. The game continued through today when even Daddy got in on the action and was given his own chart. He got a bandaid logo for helping Vivie when she got hurt, a cuddle face for cuddling with Vivie, and a Happy face for amusing Pip. Pip also gave him a naughty yell face, but I wasn't sure I witnessed any yelling. I think Pip just relished the idea of getting to scold Daddy for once.